Given that advocates handle many issues with respect to former offenders, is there any chance that the offender's private information (Medical or Psychological) supplied to an Advocate, is required to be kept confidential according to HIPAA? Do Advocates need a HIPAA form -similar to what Doctors offices use- before sharing offender supplied information (Medical or Psychological) with others? Food for thought today, just remember, there can be substantial fines and possible imprisonment for HIPAA violations.4-25-2013 National:
Cloud storage company Box is making a big push into the healthcare sector today. Not only has Box received HIPAA compliance, but the company has announcing a new set of partners in the space, as well as an equity investment in drchrono, a startup that simplifies the professional lives of doctors by bringing electronic health records and much more to the iPad.
Healthcare is an enterprise vertical for Box, and is growing fast, says co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie. The company even hired Missy Krasner, who helped found Google Health, as a healthcare advisor.
In the past year, Box’s sales in the healthcare industry grew more than 81 percent, with clients including Henry Ford Health System, Beaumont Health System, HealthTrust Europe, Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, Wake Forest Baptist Health, San Juan Regional Medical Center and Garden City Hospital.
The company is also announcing that a number of new healthcare startups are using Box’s API and platform including Umbie DentalCare, TigerText, Doximity, Medigram, PostureScreen Mobile, iMedViewer, iPaxera, Medi-Copy, and Healthtap. And Box has made an undisclosed investment in drchrono through the Box Innovation Network.
Part of making this big push into healthcare is getting the certifications that allows healthcare providers and companies to store medical information in the cloud. Box says it is now HIPAA compliant and is considered a secure and trusted platform for protected health information (PHI), personal health record files (PHRs), and is able to securely serve clinical researchers, ...continued... by Leena Rao
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