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About HIPAA: In 1996, Congress passed the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act ("HIPAA"). HIPAA was designed to reduce the
administrative costs of healthcare, to promote the
confidentiality and portability of patient records,
to develop standards for consistency in the health
care industry, and to provide an incentive for electronic
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HIPAA applies to any health care providers, health
plans and clearinghouses (collectively "Covered
Entities") that electronically maintain or transmit
health information pertaining to individuals. Covered
Entities must have appropriate measures that address
the physical, technical and administrative components
of patient data privacy.
With the exception of small health plans, all Covered
Entities must have data security standards in place
by April 21, 2005. Small health plans are exempted
until April 21, 2006. |
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BoneVault helps your health organization meet HIPAA
compliance requirements:
- All data, including
patient and billing records are encrypted before they
leave your computers and are never accessible without
your encryption key. In addition, data transfers over
the Internet are encrypted using SSL technology.
- Encrypted data is stored
in state-of-the-art redundant data centers.
- Backups and restores
are automated, eliminating the need for manual data
handling.
- Detailed logs store
information of each file backed up and restored, creating
audit trails.
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