------------------------------------------- From: Parish, Jared R.[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:09:08 AM To: Talk Subject: RE: Email Encryption/Transport of PHI Auto forwarded by a Rule
This would be a violation of HIPPA. Vendors are always trying to get us to send them unencrypted data. On many FTP sites I use GPG encryption before FTPing the file(s). We also do a few SFTP and FTPS. Thanks, Jared Parish Business Analyst, IT Blanchard Valley Health System CareTech Solutions, Inc. Ph: 419.429.6476 Fax: 419.423.5540 _____ From: Talk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Email Encryption/Transport of PHI ------------------------------------------- From: Heather Castillo[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:24:31 AM To: Talk Subject: Email Encryption/Transport of PHI Auto forwarded by a Rule Hi everyone, One of the hospitals that I work for wants me to download their clinic schedules and then email them to their remote transcriptionist as an attachment. I know HOW to do this, but is it safe-doesn't it violate HIPAA I'm transferring personal health info and it's not encrypted or password protected? Is there another way to accomplish this? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, -------------------------------------------------------------------- Heather Castillo HPMIN Analyst/Module Coordinator Information Systems Hays Medical Center 785.623.5084 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Shoot for the moon...even if you miss, you'll always land among the stars."
