Medical Economics April 22, 2021
Faxes may seem safe, but is your system HIPAA-compliant?
It’s difficult to overstate the health care industry’s reliance on fax. Nearly all physician practices have an EHR system, but nearly 90 percent of health care offices still use fax to transmit about 75 percent of their documents, according to the Medical Group Management Association.
For most communication – such as sending a referral for a patient to see a specialist or a prescription form to a pharmacy – fax remains the industry favorite.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created to keep people safe in the digital age by securing their information while in transit and at rest in storage. Traditional fax transmission technology over copper wires...
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