HIPAA Healthy: Useful Tips & Best Practices for Providers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692738269)

HIPAA rules and regulations have always presented unique challenges to both the major medical groups and the smaller, independent health practitioners. Living in the digital age of computers and cloud servers and shared resources as we do has presented even more of a challenge for HIPAA compliance. At the same time, it brings new ways to reach that required compliance, and new tools for you, the healthcare professional. In this book you will find the answers you've been seeking to solve your networking, setup, and EPHI protection dilemmas. The right computers, configured correctly, with the proper software will save you time and resources, and give you the peace of mind you've been looking for.

HIPAA Healthy is written for the novice and will teach healthcare providers the basics to get started with HIPAA. You will learn to:

Understand the difference between a workgroup and a domain

Purchase a server and configure a basic domain

Protect yourself against Internet threats, such as malware, trojans, and time wasters

Select a HIPAA compliant cloud provider

Use HIPAA compliant email services

Protect your network with a firewall from Internet threats

Secure your wireless network against unauthorized access

Manage electronically protected health information on your server

Secure user accounts and passwords and work with groups

Backup your data safely and create a disaster recovery plan

Enforce policies on your network to prevent unauthorized access

Audit and monitor your network by collecting logs and using tools

Implement physical safeguards to protect your business

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