VIA3 is HIPAA Compliant!

VIA3 is already in use at known healthcare institutions in the United States for administration, meetings, and remote medical doctor presence.

Protecting a patient's privacy has always been of paramount importance in the healthcare industry. The last few years, however, have brought about entirely new privacy and security requirements that require compliance from more than just a patient’s primary care physician or the emergency room staff. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, which stipulates that ALL methods available should be used to ensure a patient's privacy is maintained, affects nearly every organization that collects, stores, or transacts protected health information (PHI).

Health plans, healthcare providers, healthcare clearinghouses, information systems vendors, universities and even human resource personnel handling employee’s private health information at their employers are all required to meet compliance, and the penalties for non-compliance can be severe (i.e. up to $250K and/or imprisonment up to 10 years for knowing misuse of individually identifiable health information).

The HIPAA Security Rule required complete compliance by April 21, 2005. If you’re one of almost 40 percent of affected organizations (according to the American Hospital Association) still struggling to comply, then re-examining the key privacy and security requirements – and comparing them to how you communicate PHI now – should get you another step closer.

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