NeoCertified
for the Healthcare Industry
Growth
of the Internet has provided unprecedented opportunities
for interaction and the sharing of data by healthcare providers,
physicians, health plans, pharmacists, researchers, and
patients. However until recently these advantages have come
with a great element of risk to the integrity of this information.
Since "doctor-patient" confidentiality has been at risk
during e-mail communications, the Federal Government has
mandated, in its Health Care Financing Act (HCFA), that
"Information Systems must protect the confidentiality of
individually identifiable data."
NeoCertified
satisfies HCFA's tough security standards for electronic
health information, during its transmission or while in
storage, and is ideal for e-statements and e-bills.
The
medical industry is also experiencing the enforcement of
HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability
Act of 1996). How an individual's information is sent, controlled
and audited is addressed in the Title II section of HIPAA,
which includes Administrative Simplification. Basically,
what this section of HIPAA details is that anyone who has
access to a person's individually identifiable health information,
including all administrative and financial information that
is in electronic form, whether it is stored or transmitted,
is subject to the HIPPA's security standards. The intent
of these standards is to protect the confidentiality and
integrity of "individually identifiable health information,"
past, present or future.
NeoCertified
is a simple solution for healthcare professionals. Your
e-mail, with any attachment, is encrypted, and then saved
to the secure NeoCertified server. The server then sends
an e-mail notification to the recipient(s), containing a
secure link to the NeoCertified web site where the message
can be securely retrieved. Microsoft® Outlook™ users, you
can work in your familiar environment to create e-mail messages.
For sensitive messages, just click the “Send NeoCertified”
button on your existing toolbar instead of the “Send” button.
It’s that easy.
