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How Electronic Document Management
Can Help you with HIPAA
If you have a medical or dental practice, or if your business
involves handling of medical records, you are no doubt familiar with
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
CMS, the government body that enforces HIPAA, currently investigates
over 1,000 alleged violations each month. Most of these violations
fall in the category of information access management, and violations
can result in stiff fines.
Electonic document management (EDM) can help in meeting these
requirements, but the wrong system can make matters worse.
We are confident you will find that eDrawer
is the right system to help you meet your HIPAA requirements, without
breaking the bank!
Here is a summary of the HIPAA security standards, and how the
eDrawer system can help address them:
| HIPAA Requirement |
eDrawer Capability |
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| Document access controlled via unique user
identification. |
Complete control of document access by unique userid. |
| Emergency access to critical
documents |
Documents can easily be stored and accessed from an offsite
location. |
| Automatic Logoff |
Can automatically logoff users in a specified period of
time. |
| Encryption |
All documents are stored in encrypted form. |
| Audit controls |
Maintains complete audit trail of all document access and
changes. |
| Document Integrity |
Documents can be protected against changes. |
| User authentication |
System access controlled via unique userid and password. |
| Six year retention requirement |
Documents are stored electronically in compressed form to
save space, and can easily be backed up on a nightly basis. |
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