Mimic Data simplifies the data backup process and significantly shortens recovery time if a server fails, a disaster occurs, or data is corrupted. Mimic Data currently is available wholesale from resellers and from companies that provide outsourced IT support for healthcare organizations. Locating a reseller and evaluating Mimic Data's backup and recovery services is a worthwhile endeavor.
Encrypting a message converts it to a form that only the intended recipient can read. It is therefore undecipherable to all but the intended recipient.
Test your knowledge of HIPAA: Is it permissible to leave voice messages on patients' home or work phones reminding them of appointments? Is it okay to use stickers on the outside of a patient's chart to remind us of his or her payer source? I need to take copies of documents home to finish up my clinical notes. Is this a violation of HIPAA?
When President Obama signed into law the HITECH Act as part of ARRA in February 2009, it meant a bevy of changes to the existing HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules.
