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HIPAA compliant system design


From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:45:24 -0400




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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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