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Improve the quality of staff relationships, increase efficiency, and profoundly impact patient safety.

Enabling effective internal healthcare communication with HIPAA compliant email 

, JD, MBA, advises clients on compliance and transactions in healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, while representing plaintiffs in False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

Technical, administrative, and physical safeguards need to be implemented in accordance with the Security Rule; NIST standards are preferrable. 

Ransomware attacks increase, OCR updates HIPAA

The faster people are informed, the faster they will get vaccinated, and the faster we can get back to normal.

Share COVID-19 vaccine updates with patients using HIPAA-compliant email

Lower your carbon footprint, increase cost savings, and more with a legally secure messaging system. 

Benefits of HIPAA-compliant emails

Two recent enforcement actions and answers to a common question of workplace privacy requirements in light of COVID-19.

HIPAA Hot Topics: Enforcement actions and COVID disclosures in the work place

As 2020 comes to a close, three items related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH Act”) emerged. 

A HIPAA Trifecta: OCR Audit Results, HHS Proposed Privacy Rule Changes & Indictments for Stealing PHI

Personalized email marketing is an effective, cost efficient strategy to improve patient outcomes, boost your brand, and grow your healthcare business.

Grow your healthcare business with an efficient email marketing strategy

Warnings from government agencies and experts, coupled with recent HHS-OCR settlements, place HIPAA and cybersecurity compliance at the top of one’s “to do” list. 