What about a cloud service like yousendit? They support ssl, file level passwords, file expiration, etc. Not sure if they are HIPAA compliant (I'm guessing not).
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Bert Van Kets <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I got a pretty interesting question from my brother yesterday. He's a > medical doctor in the UK and he needs to send reports to other doctors > by e-mail regularly. The reports are in MS Word format. These doctors > are in different locations and not connected to a common organization > (hospital or company). > At the moment he uses the MSWord password protection to try to keep the > sensitive data away from prying eyes. We all know how secure that method > is (not!). > I told hem he'd better use some other system that guarantees a bit more > protection but the problem is he can not ask of the people who receive > the reports to install extra software (like PGP or GPG encryption). The > security may not get in the way of the usability. Asking the receivers > to install extra software and configuring it is not an option. These are > not IT guys and don't even know how to spell GPG, let alone install it. > Passing a password over by telephone is the maximum these guys are > willing to go. 8-O > > Do you guys have some ideas on what could be a better solution for this > "three legged stool" problem? > > Thanks. > > Bert > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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