How is dashboardMD HIPAA Compliant?
Regulations for protecting patient information have always existed; there are dozens of state laws designed to safeguard patient privacy. Years before HIPAA announced its final privacy ruling, CMS, then known as HCFA, released an Internet Security Policy which specified the conditions for transmitting sensitive patient information: “It is permissible to use the Internet for transmission of CMS Privacy Act-protected and/or other sensitive CMS information, as long as an acceptable method of encryption is utilized to provide for confidentiality and integrity of this data, and that authentication or identification procedures are employed to assure that both the sender and recipient of the data are known to each other and are authorized to receive and decrypt such information.” dashboardMD is committed to maintaining compliance with state laws, CMS policy, and the new HIPAA guidelines. Our on-line services were designed to provide a high level of security for confidential patient informatio
