Date: | September 29, 2017 - 10:00am - 11:00am |
Timezone: | (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
Location: | Online Event, Fremont, CA, 94539, United States |
Website for Event: | http://www.mentorhealth.com/control/w_product/~product_id=801103LIVE?selfgrowth.... |
Topic: | Health Education |
Description: | Training Options Duration: 60 MinutesFriday, September 29, 2017 | 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT Overview: This webinar focuses on HIPAA Rules for transmitting informational email and text messages to patients over an electronic communications network. You will learn: Why should you Attend: There are widespread violations of the HIPAA Rules for communicating with patients by unencrypted email and text message - largely because Providers and Business Associates just don't know the rules. These HIPAA Rules are clear and easy to follow but you are at great risk and directly liable for breaking them. A simple appointment reminder is, by definition, PHI even though it may not contain diagnostic specific information. So are Happy Birthday wishes, reminders that a patient is overdue for a checkup or has an outstanding balance on a bill. You must know how you can maximize your use of key patient communication tools while protecting yourself and your organization from government penalties and patient lawsuits. Health Care Providers have a mandatory "duty to warn" patients of risks associated with unencrypted email. A patient may refuse to receive unencrypted emails after being warned. Health Care Providers and Business Associates must strictly follow the patient's restriction. There is a HIPAA "safe harbor" that frees you from: Areas Covered in the Session: Who Will Benefit: Speaker ProfilePaul R. Hales received his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University Law School and is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is an expert on HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach notification and Enforcement Rules with a national HIPAA consulting practice based in St. Louis. Paul is the author of all content in The HIPAA E-Tool, an Internet-based, Software as a Service product for health care providers and business associates. Price - $139 Price - $139 |
Contact Name: | Roger Steven |
Contact Email: | support@mentorhealth.com |
Contact Phone: | 8003851607 |