Windows 10: so great that Microsoft skipped Windows 9 to get right to it! It appears, though, that in the rush to get it out there, Microsoft may have overlooked a few privacy issues (or maybe they did it on purpose?…) Windows 10 is built to be very integrative with Microsoft’s online servers. The default […]
5 CE Clock Hours suitable for NC LPCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs A 5-hour training for private practice mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and psychologists in psychotherapy practice to navigate the “digital ethics” and legal pitfalls in modern practice management. We will discuss: confidentiality and other HIPAA/ethics concerns in electronic communications […]
Clinicians are motivated by relationships. Our relationship with HIPAA has been rocky at best for a long time, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Some claim that electronic records are safer than paper because of encryption. This statement is at once totally right and dangerously wrong.
The new 2014 ACA Code has made sweeping changes to standard of care around using communications tech with clients. We discuss and explore the new standards.
Holding credit card info from clients can ensure you get deductibles, no-show fees, and other payments. What methods and pitfalls are involved in doing it?
Google will now give a Business Associate contract for Gmail, Drive, and Calendar for business. Does this mean health care folks can use those products now?
A major upside of the 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Rule was the clarification that clients can request to receive unencrypted emails if first informed of the risks.
Clinicians need to make sure our email communications are protected. But “protected” doesn’t always mean what you think it means.
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.