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Texting and E-mail with Patients Under HIPAA &mdash\; Meetin
g Patient Rights and Avoiding Breaches
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\nTuesday\, October 17
\, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (EDT)
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This session will focus on the rights of individuals to communi cate in the manner they desire\, and how a medical office can decide what is an acceptable process for communications with individuals. The session will explain how to discuss communications options with individuals so tha t you can best meet their needs and desires\, while preserving their right s under the rules.
\nWhy sho uld you attend:
\n\nNow that requirements for allowing patients electronic access to their health information are in ef fect\, and as patients increasingly come to depend on electronic communica tions\, there are new demands for communication via e-mail and texting. Pa tients don'\;t want to bother with secure Web-site-based solutions\, th ey just want to use the tools they already use for communication\, and the y have a right to communicate how they wish.
\nHow c
an HIPAA requirements for privacy and security be reconciled with patient
requests for information provided by e-mail and text messages? This sessio
n will discuss the differences between professional communications and pat
ient communications\, and how they must be treated to best serve patients\
, most efficiently enable communications\, and remain within the bounds of
HIPAA compliance.
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Areas Cover ed in the Session:
\nFind out the ways that patients want to use their e-mail and texting to communicate with provide rs\, and the ways providers want to use e-mail and texting to enable bette r patient care
\nLearn what are the risks of using e -mail and texting\, what can go wrong\, and what can result when it does p>\n
Find out about HIPAA requirements for access and pa tient preferences\, as well as the requirements to protect PHI
\nLearn how to use an information security management process t o evaluate risks and make decisions about how best to protect PHI and meet patient needs and desires
\nFind out what policies
and procedures you should have in place for dealing with e-mail and textin
g\, as well as any new technology
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Compliance Director
\nCEO
\nCFO
\nSpeaker Profile \;
\n\nJim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems \, LLC\, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982\, providing infor mation privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a wide varie ty of health care entities. \;
\nPrivacy Officer
\nSecurity Officer
\nInformat ion Systems Manager
\nHIPAA Officer
\nChief Information Officer
\n \nHealth Informati on Manager
\nHealthcare Counsel/lawyer
\nOffice Manager
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