e-mail attachments and security

[john at johnfitz.org (John Fitzpatrick)]

I stand corrected, yousendit is HIPAA compliant:

https://www.yousendit.com/cms/files/HIPAACompliant_082609.pdf



On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Jim Halfpenny <jim.halfpenny at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
> I don't think that healthcare professionals are the right people to be
> deciding how to transfer confidential files. Where there is a need for this
> then the IT department of the healthcare organisation ought to make
> provision for this. That said, I doubt if they do offer this whether
> through lack of resource, lack of expertise or infosec policy violation.
>
> The underlying issus is the use and control of confidential information. Do
> all the recipients subscribe to the same information security and
> confidentiality policy as you? Who is liable for data breaches? Again, where
> there is a need to share provision should be made for this. There are some
> good suggestions in this thread but I don't trust doctors to securely
> administer and implement them (no offense intended).
>
> Jim
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