Is Email HIPAA Compliant?

This question is asked frequently, and the answer is an emphatic “no.” Email in its default state is not HIPAA compliant. However, solving this compliance issue is a challenge that can be solved quickly if you select the correct technology. 

Encryption technology is increasingly popular in the healthcare industry, which is know for notoriously complex regulations. The reason the healthcare industry has so much complexity is because there is a diverse set of rules that governs various aspects of how data is stored, as well as the exchange of information. Of course this is a great thing for consumers of healthcare services. They require privacy, because health issues tend to be extremely sensitive. That's why a policy-based system that handles 'real world' complications for your data can end up being such a huge boon for your organization. There are all kinds of different documents that comprise healthcare information, including huge files that containing test scans and lab results.

Data Challenges Remain A Big Concern In The Healthcare Sector

One thing we've learned from experience is that probably the biggest issue faced by healthcare organizations takes place when that organization needs to transfer sensitive information to other entities. This data exchange can become complex and could end up involving police, social services, local authorities, employers, and even child protection officers. These informations transfers MUST be carried out securely. The obvious choice is to encrypt files but how simple is it? Using a hosted encryption solution turns this once-complicated work into child's play.

Choose A Comprehensive Hosted Encryption Solution That's Perfect For Healthcare

MostHost HIPAA Compliant Email is powered by MXSweep, which utilizes encryption technology from Egress Switch. Our solution reduces the challenges and complexities related to managing regulatory compliance issues. Our MostHost MXSweep Encryption solution is a policy-based and fully managed encryption solution that will provide any healthcare or healthcare-related organization with a simple way to enforce data encryption across files and even across entire email platforms. This solution can be implemented without interrupting the day-to-day activities of healthcare staff- vital to medical institutions that don’t switch off at 5.30pm and operate around the clock.

This solution is so powerful because it allows healthcare organizations to:

• Automatically encrypt all information they transfer by email, CD or DVD, USB key and even files uploaded to the web.
• Encrypt all forms of Patient Identifiable Information (PII)
• Fully comply with HIPAA & the Data Protection Act

You won't believe how easy it is to implement our cloud-based encryption solution.  Please contact us for a quote and demonstration. 

If you're designing a website using Web Presence Builder, you might need to install external CSS in order to include style elements.  Luckily for you, that task is easy to accomplish.  Follow these steps and you'll have no problem.  

1) Launch Web Presence Builder.

2) Click on Settings.

3) Click on Advanced.

4) Click on MetaData.

In the meta data field you'll place the code you need to import your external stylesheet.  

<style type="text/css">

@import url("https://www.mosthost.net/css/buttons.css");
@import url("https://www.mosthost.net/css/new.css");
</style>

Of course you'll need to put the correct location to your CSS.  The file can reside anywhere, so you have a lot of flexibility.  Click save and publish and you're good to go.

The month of December 2011 has been rife with Email phishing attempts that are geared towards tricking Email recipients into clicking on bad links or attachments that contain viruses. 

In the last few weeks alone several legitimate businesses and organizations, including UPS, the BBB, the FDIC, Paypal, the CIA, and Delta Airlines fell prey to unethical Email marketers that used their names to send malicious mails designed to cause computer damage or to install malware on users computers.

The holiday season is a prime time for these Emails to be circulated because many people shop online so they're expecting packages and other deliveries. The sender takes advantage of a distracted person by fooling them with an Email that claims to "require their immediate action." If the recipient acts quickly to resolve whatever issue is claimed in the mail and clicks on a link or attachment, he could find himself with a computer full of viruses.

If your business or organization has received an onslaught of these types of mails, you'd be well served to implement Email Security to prevent these types of messages from being delivered to your local computer network, lowering your risk for computer infection and strengthening your computer network security procedures within your company. 

Luckily a cloud based SaaS solution makes guarding against these threats affordable without the need for costly appliances or hardware. Email security does the hard work of removing these threats before they see the light of day on your network, assuring that you won't fall victim to an Email scam because an employee clicked on something they shouldn't have.

This video will show you the basics about creating an insurance agency website using Web Presence Builder. I've stressed how easy it is to do in past articles and videos and will do so again in this one. When you have to build a really functional insurance agency website, you'll appreciate having a tool to help you. Web Presence Builder is part of Parallels Plesk and is the only control panel we use on all of our cloud hosting solutions. This panel allows us to offer managed service to all clients.

Cloud hosting coupled with an amazing web presence builder offers a number of advantages over traditional hosting. This video will show you some of the ways in which this solution really excels. If you have to build lots of websites for clients, please contact us for a custom quote. Plesk is the perfect platform for you to use, and we'd be happy to discuss creating a solution that's perfect for you. 

Using Plesk for management reduces the complexity of server management by providing a simple to use graphical interface for clients that can be accessed using any web browser. Using Web Presence Builder, you can create and maintain multiple websites for insurance agency. Using Plesk, you can manage the hosting resources and subscription plans for them. Find out how a complete solution, including billing could benefit your web design business.

Learn more about our Web Presence Builder hosting plans.