Click2Mail Blog HIPAA Compliant Printing and Mailing Services: A Guide

Imagine discovering that your patients’ confidential health information has been compromised because of an improperly handled mailing. The consequences? Devastating fines, damaged reputation, and broken patient trust. That’s why any organization that handles health information needs HIPAA-compliant printing and mailing services. HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law passed in 1996 that creates national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information. The law prevents private health information from being disclosed without patient consent or knowledge, while ensuring healthcare providers can still share necessary information. “The HIPAA rules are built around making sure your health information doesn’t get used outside of what it needs to be used for,” explains Lee Garvey, founder and CEO of Click2Mail. “If any kind of doctor is doing a mailing and it […] The post HIPAA Compliant Printing and Mailing Services: A Guide appeared first on Click2Mail Blog.