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SUMMARY:Webinar on Texting and E-mail: Communication Options with Pati
 ents to Meet Their Needs and Desires under HIPAA Rules
DESCRIPTION:Overview: This session will focus on the rights of individ
 uals to communicate in the manner they desire, and how a medical offic
 e can decide what is an acceptable process for communications with ind
 ividuals. The session will explain how to discuss communications optio
 ns with individuals so that you can best meet their needs and desires,
  while preserving their rights under the rules.\n\n\nWith the new HIPA
 A random audit program now getting under way, and increases in enforce
 ment actions following breaches, now is the time to ensure your organi
 zation is in compliance with the regulations and meeting the e-mail an
 d texting communication needs and desires of its providers and patient
 s. You need the proper privacy protections for health information, and
  the necessary documented policies and procedures, as well as document
 ation of any actions taken pursuant to your policies and procedures. Y
 our policies and procedures may need revisions to maintain compliance 
 in areas such as individual access of records and breach notification.
  And, of course, you will need to train your staff in all the new poli
 cies and procedures.\nE-mail has long been a staple of people's lives,
  but as we move into the new digital age, it seems everyone is moving 
 to a new smart phone and wants to use it in all the incredible ways it
  can be used for health care purposes, including the use of e-mail and
  texting. Doctors are finding that texting is far more flexible, conve
 nient, and effective than paging, and patients want to be able to use 
 short message texting for handling of appointments, updates, and the l
 ike, where even e-mail or the telephone would seem inconvenient.\nIn o
 rder to integrate the use of e-mail and texting into patient communica
 tions, it is essential to perform the proper steps in an information s
 ecurity compliance process to evaluate and address the risks of using 
 the technology. This session will describe the information security co
 mpliance process, how it works, and how it can help you decide how to 
 integrate e-mail and texting into your organization in a compliant way
 . The process, including the use of information security risk analysis
 , will be explained, and the policies needed to support the process wi
 ll be described.\nBut the process must also include consideration of v
 arious patient access requirements in the HIPAA Privacy Rule. There ar
 e requirements to provide patients electronic access of electronically
  held PHI which raise new questions of how that access will be provide
 d and how the information will be protected during and after access. T
 here has long been a HIPAA requirement for covered entities to do thei
 r best to meet the requests of their patients for particular modes of 
 communication, and using e-mail or texting is no exception.\nThe stake
 s are high - any improper exposure of PHI may result in an official br
 each that must be reported to the individual and to the US Department 
 of Health and Human Services, at great cost and with the potential to 
 bring fines and other enforcement actions if a violation of rules is i
 nvolved. Likewise, complaints by a patient if they are not afforded th
 e access they desire can bring about HHS inquiries and enforcement act
 ions, so it is essential to find the right balance of access and contr
 ol.\n\n\n\nPrice : $139.00\nContact Info:\nMentorHealth Phone No: 1-80
 0-385-1607 FaX: 302-288-6884  support@mentorhealth.com Event Link: htt
 p://bit.ly/1LvqlyU http://www.mentorhealth.com/\n\nFor more informatio
 n visit https://medtechiq.ning.com/events/webinar-on-texting-and-e-mai
 l-communication-options-with-patients
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151110T113000
CATEGORIES:online, healthcare, training, courses
LOCATION:Online Event
WEBSITE:http://bit.ly/1LvqlyU
URL:http://bit.ly/1LvqlyU
CONTACT:18003851607
ORGANIZER:Netzealous -MentorHealth
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