HIPAA Compliance - The issue in healthcare today.

If you are in the healthcare industry, you likely know all about HIPAA. It was passed in 1996 but the part that affects electronic communications (email, etc.) went into effect in early 2003. This page is not designed to teach you all about HIPAA, for that you can read http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/. The purpose of this page is to help you understand how using TrulyMail will help you comply with Title II, specifically the privacy rule, of HIPAA.

The short version is that HIPAA requires healthcare professionals (that is anyone with access to "protected health information" of patients) to communicate protected health information securely so that nobody can intercept it. After all, patients deserve to have their private information kept private.

Normal email is not private (at all). Anyone with even a little technical experience can intercept your email messages and read everything you send (including your attachments). To use email and still be HIPAA-compliant, you must use some form of encryption.

Or you could just use encrypted TrulyMail messages. With any encryption technology the receiver (for example, your patients) will need to install some compatible software. As long as you are installing new software, why not install software which solves so many other problems with email at the same time.

Trying to guide your patients through installing encryption software is not something you want to do (it is usually quite difficult). With TrulyMail, all your patients have to do is download and install TrulyMail and the rest is automatic.

TrulyMail will keep all of your communications confidential (and your patients' information private). You will be "in compliance."