William, I agree that we need to take reasonable and appropriate steps
to protect PHI, I believe it strongly. But, when you get to actual "care
givers"....there is a saturation point where, when asked to take a "few
more steps" to make sure an email is secure, you hit a wall of
resistance that is very difficult to overcome. There has to be a very
good balance between ease of use on both the sending and receiving side,
and how "tight and secure" the system is.
Some of the systems require a lot of setup up front...and that can
increase your IT burden. Some of them require a pretty sophisticated
enduser, and could turn-off patients. I think the technology has a way
to go before the majority of email users are comfortable with it.
Regardless, I believe most providers are under a burden to
encrypt....and will have to deal with the consequences. My opinion only.
Mimi
Mimi Hart Ó¿Õ*
Research Analyst, HIPAA
Iowa Health System
319-739-2430 (phone)
319-739-2594 (fax)
319-490-0637 (pager)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*********************************************
This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521, and contain information intended for the
specified individual(s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the
intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and
that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the
contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the
original message.
*********************************************
---
The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions
on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do
not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If
you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues
Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for
commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services.
They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or
unprofessional communication at any time.
You are currently subscribed to wedi-security as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at
http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the
address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at
http://subscribe.wedi.org
