HIPAA compliant system design

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Joe Touch <touch () strayalpha com>
> Date: March 24, 2018 at 2:38:37 PM EDT
> To: David Jack Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] HIPAA compliant system design
>
> Dave,
>
> Companies have long understood the trade-off of the expense of penalties vs. savings from non-compliance.
>
> Ask anyone who has used household movers. 
>
> Lawmakers won’t tip that balance; it undermine the profits that that fund their re-election.
>
> Joe
>
>
> > On Mar 24, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Warren Gifford <warrensgifford () gmail com>
> > > Date: March 24, 2018 at 8:01:29 AM EDT
> > > To: David Farber <farber () gmail com>
> > > Subject: HIPAA compliant system design
> > >
> > > Hi Dave,
> > >
> > > For IP if you choose.
> > >
> > > Peace, Warren
> > >
> > > As one challenging rubric to manage development of software and corresponding human systems, I suggest considering 
> > > compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) for privacy of health information. For 
> > > example, this requires training each employee in their responsibilities, and recording the author, purpose and 
> > > authorization for each access to information. Think about the challenges of debugging and customer support in that 
> > > environment.  
> > >
> > > A HIPAA violation is very expensive, $50,000 per occurrence, and potentially the death knell for a company. For 
> > > example, one client said the detailed documentation through our system helped them win a lawsuit which saved more 
> > > than decades of our fees. 
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I also saw the sham claims of many "systems", both software and paper, that claim to be HIPAA 
> > > compliant, but look as though they never even read about HIPAA. It was interesting to point out glaring 
> > > deficiencies and watch people squirm.
> > >
> > > Peace, Warren
>
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