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Compliance of Co-Mail with HIPAA
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For compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, passed by Congress in 1996) regulated entities must securely store, maintain and transmit private health information (PHI) in a reasonable way to provide patients and others data confidentiality. The regulation doesn't impose encryption use, but requires PHI to be adequately protected, implementing "appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of Private Health Information".
Co-Mail's 2048-key asymmetric encryption combined with other mechanisms is a tailored solution that secures any electronic private data, including health information. The requirements for a health care information system are related to whether medical record privacy is adequately protected: unauthorized persons can't access it, it can't be misused, and those using it can be precisely identified.
Co-Mail has been created to fully comply with privacy and security requirements, and accordingly is compliant with HIPAA. As a secure collaboration email, Co-Mail completely protects all data sent between Co-Mail users via encryption (OpenPGP and SSL). As an application,
Co-Mail is cost effective and easy to use. In addition, Co-Mail offers various options according to requirements regarding private health information (PHI). Expanding organizations or private practices receive a scaleable and secure service.
Secure storage and transmission of PHI is available at Co-Mail in a convenient and organized way. Only an authorized person via the correct username/password or iKey USB token (two-factor authentication device from Rainbow Technologies Inc.) can access secure data at Co-Mail.
The Terms Of Agreement
We offer health care organizations a 30-day free fully functional trial to test our service, and adapt secure email to day-to-day practices. We will provide your organization with up to 150 mailboxes with 32Mb and 10Mb of storage included.
All we need to start your trial is an Official Request with your organization's details (name, short company profile, number of mailboxes needed, volume of storage preferable, special needs, etc.), signed by the person who's responsible for HIPAA compliance in your organization. Please send it to support@s-mail.com.
After the trial, both parties participate in configuring the Agreement that completely meets all your specific organizational needs and particularities. We will provide your organization with an HIPAA compliant service, individually tailored to your health care organization's needs.
Find out more on HIPAA:
HIPAA F.A.Q.
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