DataMotion™ Direct Healthcare Provider Directory (HPD)

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The rapidly growing number of healthcare professionals with Direct addresses underscores the need for subscribers to discover Direct addresses assigned to specific individuals and organizations. Direct Secure Messaging has the power to enable interoperable health information exchange between disparate systems, but…

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Adding a Secure Message Center to Self-Service Portals and Apps

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Self-service started long ago with things like the self-service gas pump (1947) and automated teller machine (1967) – primarily for economic reasons. Self-service often helps to reduce the cost of doing business, and when it comes to digital self-service –…

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What are Open APIs and FHIR for Health Information?

 What are Open APIs and FHIR for Health Information? 1024 403 Hugh Gilenson

The use of Open APIs is a relatively new form of secure data sharing in clinical healthcare. API stands for Application Programming Interface, and allows the health care provider to expose data on the web so correspondents can download it…

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Is Encryption Enough to Protect Yourself?

 Is Encryption Enough to Protect Yourself? 1024 403 Bob Janacek

With the increase in cybercrime over the past few years, many internet users have turned to encryption in an effort to protect themselves online. Businesses are no exclusion; well-known companies have experienced data breaches within the same time frame and…

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Gmail TLS Email Encryption – is it good enough?

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Major cloud email services such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail announced their use of TLS about two years ago (TLS is transport layer security – a type of encryption that can be applied to email transmissions). Both services announced they…

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Is TLS email encryption good enough?

 Is TLS email encryption good enough? 1024 403 Alex Mushkin

As most people are aware, the need for secure messaging, email encryption or email compliance is on the mind (or should be) of almost all managers inside every business. The need for TLS (Transport Layer Security) can vary from avoiding…

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Achieve Office 365 CJIS Compliance

 Achieve Office 365 CJIS Compliance 1024 403 Christian Grunkemeyer

Moving from an on-premises Exchange server to Microsoft Office 365 (O365) can have numerous benefits. Microsoft promotes its cloud productivity suite to yield better collaboration, increased productivity and a reduced cost of ownership.  Many state and local government agencies eager…

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How safe are HTTPS connections? Not as safe as you think.

 How safe are HTTPS connections? Not as safe as you think. 1024 403 Alex Mushkin

One of the pillars of internet security has fallen, and until it’s universally fixed, hackers will have the upper hand. When making an online purchase, any reputable website will require a secure HTTPS connection before requesting payment information and completing…

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Opportunistic TLS – Two Good Ways to Put Your Email at Risk

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Email encryption allows organizations to protect sensitive messages and increase their compliance with privacy regulations.  One common encryption method, known as opportunistic TLS, automatically tries to secure the path that messages take when they travel to recipient email systems.  Since…

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Best Practices: Emailing Patient Records in Compliance with HIPAA

 Best Practices: Emailing Patient Records in Compliance with HIPAA 1024 403 Hugh Gilenson

In January 2016, the HIPAA regulation got more teeth in the area of providing patients their medical records on request (files, notes, diagnostic images, lab results, C-CDAs). The US Department of Health and Human Services published detailed FAQs regarding patients rights with…

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Salesforce Service Cloud and HIPAA Compliance

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Q: My company sells to the healthcare industry.  Is it a HIPAA violation when my Customer Service Rep replies to a support ticket on Service Cloud?  I mean, Salesforce is HIPAA compliant, right? A: You very well may be in…

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Best Practices: Securing Data at Rest, in Use, and in Motion

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Sensitive business data is more vulnerable today than ever before. Corporate trade secrets, national security information, personal medical records, Social Security and credit card numbers are all stored, used, and transmitted online and through connected devices. This proliferation of valuable…

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Major Email Compliance Regulations That You Need to Know

 Major Email Compliance Regulations That You Need to Know 1024 403 Bob Janacek

Keeping up with industry and government email compliance regulations impacting the exchange of sensitive information can be exhausting. So, we’ve put together a list of four big ones you need to know about. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI…

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What Exactly is a HISP?

 What Exactly is a HISP? 1024 403 Hugh Gilenson

A Health Information Service Provider (HISP) is an authorized network service operator that enables nationwide clinical data exchange based on Direct Secure Messaging, a HIPAA compliant and interoperable transport method promoted by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT of the US…

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Direct Secure Messaging

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What is Direct?Direct is a national encryption standard for securely exchanging clinical healthcare data via the Internet. It is also known as the Direct Project, Direct Exchange and Direct Secure Messaging. It specifies the secure, scalable and standards-based method for…

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