Understanding The Benefits Of HIPAA Secure Messaging
In today’s healthcare environment, low security and outdated methods of communication are not cutting it anymore. A lot of hospitals insurance facilities and physician practices are adopting secure messaging apps for their internal needs. The secure messaging apps used in these institutions are built to be HIPAA compliant and are modeled after the simplicity of consumer instant messaging solutions. What this means is that employees can share sensitive, important patient information without the risk of security breaches, data theft or regulatory non-compliance. HIPAA secure messaging can deliver the following tangible benefits to healthcare organizations. One of them is total compliance. In the recent past, HIPAA mandates have been amended to include use of instant messaging technology. Healthcare organizations and hospitals that do not meet the compliance requirement face a fine of up to $50,000 for a single infraction and up to 1.5 million dollars for repeated violations.