Is Microsoft OneDrive HIPAA Compliant?
Many organizations in the healthcare industry take advantage of cloud storage services because of their convenience and cost-effectiveness. Microsoft OneDrive is one of the most popular cloud storage services as it is included in all Microsoft business subscriptions; but is OneDrive HIPAA complaint and suitable for storing Protected Health Information in the cloud? The answer to the question is OneDrive HIPAA compliant is that no...
Does HIPAA Apply to Schools?
In most cases, HIPAA compliance is not applicable to education institutions as they are not deemed HIPAA covered entities, but in some instances a school can be classified as a covered entity if healthcare services are given to students. At such times, HIPAA may still not apply because any student health information obtained would be included in the students’ education records and education records are not governed by the HIPAA...
HIPAA Compliance and Dropbox: What You Need to Know
Dropbox is a one of the most popular and successful file hosting services available online, but doe it comply with HIPAA? Dropbox claims it is now fully behind and supportive of HIPAA and HITECH Act compliance but that does not mean Dropbox itself is HIPAA compliant. No software or file sharing platform can be HIPAA compliant on its own as it depends on how the software or platform is used and the individuals using it. However,...
Is the Use of Mandrill by Healthcare Organizations HIPAA Compliant?
The leading automated email marketing platform Mandrill is a transactional email service that MailChimp provides. This software allows companies to automatically broadcast emails to customers and people that interact with their web apps and links to MailChimp via an API. Transactional emails are the same as marketing emails in that they are programmed to be initiated by events including password resets, confirmation of placement of...
Choosing the Best Password Manager
Over the last few years, various surveys have claimed that the average Internet user has more than 100 online accounts that require login credentials. While these claims are possibly inflated to serve a purpose, many of us have more than twenty online accounts we use frequently, and probably another twenty online accounts we use from time to time. Remembering the login credentials for each online account, especially those we only use...