True enough and very good to know. The concerns I was speaking about weren't just in regards to regulatory compliance penalties but about being more concerned about a secure communication channel and less concerned about the possible capturing of keyboard strokes via web video camera.
Telehealth isn't a new thing and all Healthcare providers don't have the same access to technology. I wouldn't be happy if I had to use Zoom for a telehealth appointment but if it was absolutely necessary and the only option, I'd use it. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:39 PM Jason Barnett <[email protected]> wrote: > That is not true during this pandemic though. The underlining, in the > excerpt below, is mine. > > https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/notification-enforcement-discretion-telehealth/index.html > > During the COVID-19 national emergency, which also constitutes a nationwide > public health emergency, covered health care providers subject to the HIPAA > Rules may seek to communicate with patients, and provide telehealth > services, through remote communications technologies. Some of* these > technologies,* and *the manner in which they are used *by HIPAA covered > health care providers, may not fully comply with the requirements of the > HIPAA Rules. > > *OCR will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties > for noncompliance *with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules > against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith > provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health > emergency. This notification is effective immediately. > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The computer my wife uses for net meetings and patient e-visits has a > > > camera with a field of view limited to her head and shoulders, and a > > simple > > > curtain behind. > > > > > > Your wife's company and her patients have much bigger concerns if all the > > data being exchanged between her and her patients isn't strongly > encrypted > > and her computer isn't on it's own ip subnet behind a firewall without > any > > non-essential and approved applications installed and she doesn't have > any > > administrative privileges. > > > > This was pretty much the HIPPA standard 15 years ago when I was working > at > > one of the first hospitals in the country to implement a digital health > > record and patient care system. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
