On 7/23/03 5:38 PM, "Richard Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been told that governmental healthcare regulations will soon be > requiring that my emails to my patients be encrypted for privacy. Just curious? Does HIPPA also require that the patient's email to you be encrypted? Or, only your email to the patient. I would think that installing and learning to use PGP encryption software could be a high barrier to entry for many patients to use email to communicate with you. I wonder if there aren't some web based options that rely on browser encryption. Everyone who can send email can use a browser. Of course, if only your messages need to be encrypted, and your email volume is low, the a low-tech way would be to attach a password protected Word or Acrobat file. > [If this e-mail being sent for business (not personal) use, it is intended > only to be read or used by the addressee. It is confidential and may contain > legally privileged information. If you are not the addressee indicated in > this message, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone, and you > should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. > Confidentiality and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of > mistaken delivery to you. This confidentiality notice is required by > government regulations.] Here's my real question. Not picking on you. Asking a general question. I see similar notices from big corporations, and frankly find them a bit presumptuous. I've always assumed that since these notices don't cite a regulation, they're simply legal posturing in case there's a law suit some day. So, what's the real scoop? Is there a law that really prevents me from forwarding such emails? :-) Thanks, Doug ------------------------ Doug Brightwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
