What does HIPAA address to emailing?
The requirement to protect the privacy of PHI extends to electronic transmission of PHI between two parties, such as an email message or file accessible to both parties. The law requires the individuals and organizations it regulates to assess the risks of using email and to take steps to reduce or eliminate risks that using email, both internally and externally, poses. Those risks include all unauthorized interception of messages in transmission and receipt of messages by unauthorized persons.
