Re: [Discuss] transmitting legal documents

2015-02-26 Thread Jerry Feldman
True. But, as you mentioned there are several industries that are hold outs, On 02/22/2015 12:51 PM, Tom Metro wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: Unfortunately fax machines are a legal way to send information. While today many transactions are done by email, fax is the only legally recognized way to

Re: [Discuss] transmitting legal documents

2015-02-23 Thread Gordon Marx
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Bill Horne b...@horne.net wrote: Please tell us what the HIPAA requirements are: for example, does email need to be encrypted? TIA. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hipaa-compliant+email+requirements ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [Discuss] transmitting legal documents

2015-02-23 Thread Bill Horne
On 2/22/2015 8:55 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On 2/22/2015 8:13 PM, Bill Horne wrote: all, been using computerized medical records for over a decade. I suspect that it's a way to cut costs by requiring customers to deliver documents by hand, since few patients have fax machines at home, and It's

Re: [Discuss] transmitting legal documents

2015-02-22 Thread Tom Metro
Jerry Feldman wrote: Unfortunately fax machines are a legal way to send information. While today many transactions are done by email, fax is the only legally recognized way to send a document. It's true that there are industries that are holdouts for using fax (like doctors), and few companies

Re: [Discuss] transmitting legal documents

2015-02-22 Thread Richard Pieri
On 2/22/2015 8:13 PM, Bill Horne wrote: all, been using computerized medical records for over a decade. I suspect that it's a way to cut costs by requiring customers to deliver documents by hand, since few patients have fax machines at home, and It's because meeting HIPAA requirements with