HIPAA Compliance

(I) Encrypted conversations using the SSL protocol.

(II) ISO27001 verified.

(III) Software is 256 bit end to end encrypted. 

(IV) Users with authorization can access the data using a secure login.

(V) Data is backed up on real time, as and when you or your patient has updates.

(VI) Our data is hosted on the AWS at rest.

(VII) Audit trail on all of the data; each record is dated and logged by the user; all logins are documented for purposes of both security and scrutiny.

(VIII) Keeping a solid business partner relationship with our clients, who are the covered entities, through our service agreement is another essential component of complying with the HIPAA statute. 

The following topics are covered under our agreements with our business associates:

(1) Identify the permitted and required uses and disclosures of protected health information by business associates.

(2) Stipulates that the business associate will not use or disclose the information in a manner inconsistent with the contract or applicable law. 

(3) Requires the business associate to implement appropriate safeguards to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of the information, including implementing requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule with respect to electronic protected health information.

(4) Requires the business associate to report to the covered entity any use or disclosure of the information not provided for by its contract, including incidents that constitute breaches of unsecured protected health info; and 

(5) Requires the covered entity to implement appropriate safeguards to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of the information. 

(6) Requires the business associate to disclose protected health information as specified in its contract to fulfil a covered entity’s obligation with respect to individuals’ requests for copies of their protected health information, and to make protected health information available for amendments (and incorporate any required amendments) and accountings.

(7) Requires the business associate to make available to HHS its internal practices, books, and records relating to the use and disclosure of protected health information received from or created or received on behalf of the covered entity. 

(8) At contract termination, if feasible, requires the business associate to return or destroy all protected health information received from, or created or received by, the covered entity.

(9) Requires the business associate to ensure that any subcontractors it may engage who will have access to protected health information agree to the same restrictions and conditions as the business associate with re Co.

Details Regarding the Implementation

The Covered Entity will be able to take control of their protected health information (PHI) management if they use the Bluesecures software solution. A Designated Record Set refers to the collection of backup records and item-level log data that OTG keeps for all protected health information (PHI) documents. The Covered Entity and any designated administrators that it has identified inside the system have unrestricted access to all of their data at all times.

The Covered Entity is responsible for determining who among its employees is eligible to utilise the Bluesecures software system and receive access rights to protected health information (PHI). This access can be changed or revoked at any moment by the entity that is being covered.  

Bluesecures places a high importance on protecting your privacy and acts as the only moderator of your data. If Bluesecures decides to use the assistance of another information technology expert, the third-party vendor will be required to enter into a business associate agreement with the company.

What exactly is meant by the HITECH Act?

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act) of 2009 broadened the applicability of the HIPAA as well as its accompanying regulations. The application of privacy and security standards as well as penalties to business partners is one of the key modifications that have been made to the regulations governing health care providers.

Imposing additional notification obligations if a breach of personally identifiable information (PHI) occurs.

Creating more stringent disclosure standards, such as the following examples: Restricting the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) by a health care professional at the request of a patient if the disclosure is for reasons other than treatment and the health care service or item has been paid for out-of-pocket and in full (unless where otherwise required by law); limiting the sharing of protected health information (PHI) to a limited data collection or to the bare minimum required to achieve the desired outcome; and The need that health care providers make public an accounting of certain disclosures of protected health information (PHI) that have taken place at the patient’s request during the last three years.

Increasing the severity of existing processes and punishments for violations

If there’s breach of personally identifiable information included in personal health records, the HITECH Act mandates that not only HIPAA-covered businesses but also suppliers of personal health records (PHRs) must provide notice to affected individuals.

The following are resources to assist with compliance:

You might want to look into some of the tools that the Department of Health and Human Services provides to assist businesses like Blusecures and its customers in adhering to all of the necessary HIPAA rules, which are as follows: 

(1) Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule

(2) A Review of the HIPAA Security Rules

(3) Federal Register Entry for the HIPAA Security Rule

(4) Covered Entities Under the HITECH Act and Their Business Associates

(5) The Latest in Software and Medical Technology Client Files

(6) Notes on Staff Training and Records Therapy Notes

(7) Features of Computerised Invoice Tracking Software

(8) Latest Breaking News in Healthcare Technology

(9) HIPAA Compliance Software Installation and Configuration

(10) Rule for HIPAA Data Security

Access:

Access refers to the capacity or the means necessary to read, write, change, or transfer data or information, or to utilise any system resource in any other way.

Safeguards built into the administration:

Administrative safeguards are administrative activities, policies, and procedures that are designed to manage the selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of security measures to secure electronic protected health information (ePHI) and to control the behavior of the covered entity’s workforce in connection to the protection of that information. Administrative safeguards are required under the HIPAA Security Rule.

Privacy:

The quality known as confidentiality refers to the condition in which data or information is not made accessible to or divulged to unapproved individuals or procedures.

Physical Safeguards The term “physical safeguards” refers to the physical measures, policies, and procedures that are put in place to protect a Covered Entity’s electronic information systems and related facilities and equipment from natural and environmental dangers, as well as against unauthorised access.

Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)