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[Discuss] transmitting legal documents



On 2/22/2015 8:55 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 2/22/2015 8:13 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>> all, been using computerized medical records for over a decade. I
>> suspect that it's a way to cut costs by requiring customers to deliver
>> documents by hand, since few patients have fax machines at home, and
>
> It's because meeting HIPAA requirements with electronic mail is a pain.
>

Please tell us what the HIPAA requirements are: for example, does email 
need to be encrypted? TIA.

Bill

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