Therapy Website Legalities: “Posted” = “Published”
Recently, millions of blogs suddenly disappeared from the Internet for one small copyright volation
What Is a HIPAA Business Associate?
What if companies that handle your clients’ info signed contracts promising to safeguard the information? HIPAA calls that a Business Associate Agreement.
Is Gmail Encrypted?
Gmail uses encryption, but not in the ways you may think. Find out how the giant of consumer email helps — and doesn’t help — us as clinicians.
Tech in Clincial Practice: Therapeutic Value Add
Part 5 of 5 in our Four Core Principles series. Click here to see the whole series together. “I think what you have is a solution in search of a problem.” (Many Business/Technical Consultants Regarding Many Things) Some tools matched with some clients are “a solution in search of a problem.” This means that the […]
Tech in Clincial Practice: Professional Presence
Part 4 of 5 in our Four Core Principles series. Click here to see the whole series together. “Sites on the World Wide Web… 1. Regularly check that electronic links are working and professionally appropriate… 3. Provide electronic links to relevant state licensure and professional certification boards to protect consumer rights and facilitate addressing ethical […]
Tech in Clincial Practice: Appropriate Use
Part 3 of 5 in our Four Core Principles series. Click here to see the whole series together. “Counselors inform clients of the benefits and limitations of using information technology applications in the counseling process and in business/billing procedures. Such technologies include but are not limited to computer hardware and software, telephones, the World Wide […]
Tech in Clincial Practice: Proactive Awareness
Part 2 of 5 in our Four Core Principles series. Click here to see the whole series together. “[HIPAA covered entities] Identify and protect against reasonably anticipated threats to the security or integrity of [clients’] information; Protect against reasonably anticipated, impermissible uses or disclosures; and Ensure compliance by their workforce.” (HHS.gov HIPAA Help Website, Summary […]
Expert Sites: Your Expertise Wanted! For Free…
Get exposure! Put your expert message in front of thousands of readers! It’ll be the best thing you ever did for your business! How much will we pay you? Well, all that exposure… Expert sites are a hot item these days. These are places like Sharecare and SelfGrowth.com. You make an expert profile, sometimes you […]
Tech in Clinical Practice: Four Core Considerations
When you’re trying to get somewhere unfamiliar, it’s good to have a map to follow. When I consider how to use technical tools in my practice — i.e. my phone’s texting features, my computer or website — these four principles are the map that I use. I developed them based on my own knowledge of […]
What is Encryption?
For professional therapists, confidentiality is a big issue. Did you ever think you’d know as much as you do about shredders, locking file cabinets and white noise generators? With electronic communication with clients quickly becoming a norm for our profession, it’s time to add encryption to the list of things we know how to use. […]