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White Paper: Secure Messaging Helps Protect Organizations from Incurring HIPAA Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) conducts occasional audits of covered entities and their business associates, to ensure they comply with HIPAA regulations. Covered entities include health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers. Business associates are classified as any business that handles electronic protected health information (ePHI) for a covered entity. ePHI is anything transmitted White Paper: Secure Messaging Helps Protect Organizations from Incurring HIPAA Violations Contents What Are the Financial Impacts? How to Protect Your Organization and Employees How Can a Data Breach Happen? What Options are Available for Encryption? WHITE PAPER: SECURE MESSAGING HELPS PROTECT ORGANIZATIONS FROM INCURRING H