So, in my post last week , I described why I don’t think that the protocol used by Skype (assuming that it is the one they claim to be using on their website) seems fairly secure to me–it’s the same protocol used by banks and is approved by the government for the transmission of top [...]
Also tagged EHR, privacy, security, skypeI got a couple of comments a month ago regarding Skype security and in response to my previous post “Is Skype HIPAA-compliant?“ Marlene Maheu at the TeleMental Health Institute’s Center for Online Counseling and Psychotherapy has a blog post on Telehealth.net in which she voices some concerns about Skype security and in which she references [...]
Also tagged security, skypeI’m not exactly sure when the State of Maryland is going to enact regulations for telepsychiatry, but I’ve finally put together a basic informed consent form for telepsychiatry for my practice. I tried to write it in fairly plain English, unlike my HIPAA form , which is so complicated that I don’t really understand half [...]
Also tagged emergencies, face-to-face, informed consent, recording, skypeI mentioned in my last post that I wasn’t recording any of my Skype sessions with patients. The reason is not the simple knee-jerk reaction of “protecting the patient’s privacy” but something else. The fact is, the privacy issue isn’t that hard to address. Lots of medical information is encrypted and encryption is the key [...]
Also tagged digital records, privacy, recording, skypeI was talking with a friend a few days ago about telepsychiatry, and she asked a good question. “Is Skype HIPAA-compliant?” For those fortunate individuals who don’t know what HIPAA is, HIPAA is a law passed in 1996 governing, among several other things, privacy of medical records. This law is responsible for the unintelligible two to [...]
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