Complying with the HIPAA Security Rule: Protecting ePHI in Email, HTTP, and FTP Transmissions

Overview

While compliance dates for various HIPAA rules have already passed, many healthcare-related organizations are still working to achieve full compliance with HIPAA.

This whitepaper describes how organizations can maintain the privacy and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI) over e-communications channels (including SMTP email, HTTP, and FTP protocols. Learn why an effective solution should have the ability to accurately differentiate between ePHI and "de-identified" health information, in order to properly enforce privacy policies and achieve or improve compliance with HIPAA guidelines.

Download this whitepaper from Proofpoint, Inc. to learn:

• Which components of the HIPAA Security, EDI and Privacy rule impact email and other forms of e-communication.
• How Proofpoint's Healthcare Privacy Solution applies to the HIPAA Security, EDI and Privacy rules.