The HIPAA Security Standards final rule was published in the Federal Register on February 20th, 2003. This rule went into effect on April 21st, 2005.

The rule contains general requirements for healthcare provider information systems. These requirements pertain to access controls, information network protection, and information authentication requirements. According to HIPAA rule, security standards relates to the software controls and protocols that are responsible for processing and storing protected data.

These areas include:

•  Entity authentication mechanisms to ensure the identification of the entity, such as passwords, biometrics, PINs, modem callbacks and automatic logoffs
•  Access controls to protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of the information and unauthorized uses or disclosures of the information
•  Audit controls that provide for the recording and examining of system and security activities to provide a means of identifying suspicious activity
•  Data authentication mechanisms to ensure that data within an organization has not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner

SECURITY FEATURES

HIPAA Security Standards are incorporated throughout the digitalAGENCY™ and digitalCLINIC™ Systems. This team will constantly monitor and interpret the impact of published and proposed HIPAA standards, conduct periodic reviews to determine the impact of those standards on our clients and work closely with clients to facilitate compliance.

The following are the Security Standards that this team has incorporated into the overall digitalAGENCY™ and digitalCLINIC™ solutions.

ACCESS CONTROL

•  Unique user ID - Supports unique user identification by allowing administrators to assign a separate user account for each individual user. Users receive a personalized view of all the applications they have authorization to access
•  Emergency Access - Enables administrators to assign back-up user accounts for emergency access to applications and information
•  Automatic Logoff - Allows administrators to automatically log users out after a period of inactivity

AUDIT CONTROLS
Maintains audit logs of successful and failed attempts to connect to applications and data. Administrators can identify which users are logged on and what applications they are using. System-wide audit trails that automatically document user IDs that are responsible for specific consumer record updates

TRANSMISSION SECURITY
Protects data using standards-based encryption technologies (SSL/TLS). Users get secure access to applications and data via the Internet

INFORMATION ACCESS MANAGEMENT
Access authorization - Enables IT administrators to give users personalized access to data based on logon identity. Users see only the data that they are allowed to access

WEB SERVICES SECURITY
Provides security when exchanging XML messages. Users will securely exchange XML documents leveraging authentication and encryption policies.

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