The proliferation of cloud solutions within organizations has changed the way we work. Many businesses are leveraging hosted software and hardware services using models like IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. However, cloud computing raises security and compliance concerns. For companies in the healthcare industry, these concerns are paramount.
The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21st 1996. In a landmark achievement, the government set out specific legislation designed to change the US Healthcare System now and forever. The rules handed control back to the patient over how their personal information is processed and maintained, while also encouraging healthcare institutions to embrace and migrate to digital technology.
The rules and requirements of a HIPAA-Compliant website are far-reaching and often difficult to understand. One of the most common questions we are asked by healthcare providers and clients is if their websites, web forms, or web host is HIPAA-Compliant.
Atlantic.Net has over 25 years of experience providing customer-oriented IT Solutions. We are renowned for our HIPAA-compliant cloud services, supported by a security-defined platform architected to the highest standards. Our HIPAA-compliant cloud is available as a managed service or via a self-service offering – the perfect choice for your next Telemedicine project.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its necessary lockdown measures have resulted in the rapid global adoption of telemedicine solutions. Telemedicine tools limit patient and physician exposure to coronavirus while maintaining access to vital healthcare services.
As quarantine measures continue on a global scale, telemedicine looks set to thrive in 2021 as remote patient monitoring and virtual appointments become the norm. With the telemedicine market predicted to be valued at over USD 175 billion by 2026, there has never been a better time to invest in the development of telemedicine apps.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), introduced in April 2000, is a Canadian federal law that governs the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by the private sector. Similar to the EU’s data protection rules laid out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), PIPEDA was enacted to ensure the security and privacy of protected data.
Staff at healthcare practices constantly balance an array of tasks and priorities. Between scheduling patient appointments, facilitating communication between doctors and patients, and ensuring that patients receive an appropriate follow-up, the workload is significant and important tasks can be overlooked or forgotten. The result, unfortunately, can be unhappy patients and a lower quality of care.
Atlantic.Net is a leading business in healthcare hosting; HIPAA Compliant Hosting is one of our most successful cloud-based services. Atlantic.Net complies with the required physical, technical, and administrative safeguards of HIPAA, and we offer a principal platform for our healthcare partners to become HIPAA-compliant in no time.
Businesses that handle sensitive data requiring regulatory compliance often have computing needs which make them ideal candidates to benefit from the cloud. Medical practitioners covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA ) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act must have confidence in the availability and security of their IT systems not just because they are required to by law, but because their delivery of critical services depends on it.
Web conferencing software is nothing new and, in some industries, it has been a valuable tool for decades. However, as much of the world’s workforce has shifted to working from home in 2020, video conferencing has transformed from a helpful supporting technology for businesses into an essential tool across the workforce that is keeping the majority of businesses up and running.
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