Title: RE: New to this list, have two questions.
Here's my opinion. I'd be interested if anyone has other opinions.
1) An email is unprotected as soon as it is sent over the internet. Almost anyone can intercept it. So you need to determine your risk and what you want to do to eliminate
Title: RE: New to this list, have two questions.
Gregory,
Just to amplify on Judith's remarks,
You are exposed to the risk NOW, not when the final Security
Rule fully kicks in.
You are accepting a huge risk anytime you expose PHI to the
Internet. Remenber that any of the millions of computers
Title: RE: New to this list, have two questions.
Doug, I in
no way disregard the need to encrypt email. I am a big proponent of it,
just not sure which is the best approach at the moment (see previous emails to
this list-serve). Email was at risk at the same level before or after
