5 Tips for HIPAA Software Compliance for OKC Home Healthcare Companies (SlideShare)

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5 Tips for HIPAA Software Compliance

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Here are a few helpful tips

towards achieving and

maintaining HIPAA software

compliance within your

organization’s systems and

processes

Kenny KellerCTO



Tip #1: Securing Information

with Proper EncryptionsKenny Keller

CTO



In this list of most common

HIPAA violations that result

in hefty fines, Kenny Keller

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one of the frequent violations

that home healthcare

organizations face is not

securing their Protected Health

Information, or PHIKenny Keller

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Tip #2: Keep Mobile Devices

CompliantKenny Keller

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Determining which apps must

be HIPAA compliant can be

trickyKenny Keller

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Home healthcare organizations

are encouraged to design a

mobile device to better secure

PHIKenny KellerCTO



Tip #3: Install the Right

Reporting SoftwareKenny Keller

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A Compliance Tracking

System, or CTS, is a vital piece

of software that can better

drive HIPAA complianceKenny KellerCTO



Tip #4: HIPAA Secured Email

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By installing the proper email

encryption software, Kenny Keller

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employees can communicate

with each other and outsiders

without openly transmitting

any PHIKenny KellerCTO



Tip #5: Testing Software

and ControlsKenny Keller

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As mentioned in this audit

preparation guide, a proper

test of HIPAA compliance

should cover all three areasKenny KellerCTO



• administrative

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• physical

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• technical safeguards

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Bottom Line

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There are many checkpoints

to meeting regulations in

home healthcare organizationsKenny Keller

CTO



Do you have any additional

HIPAA software compliance

tips?Kenny Keller

CTO



Let us know your thoughts

in the Comments box belowKenny Keller

CTO


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