tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q1

Reader Question: Protect ePHI

Question: Our office wants to use electronic faxing for medical records, and we want to know what precautions are needed to protect private patient information – can you help? SuperCoder Subscriber Answer: Once a fax becomes electronic, it is considered electronic personal health information (ePHI), so you must develop proper access controls so that only authorized users can see that document. Best practice: Store faxes on a central server where users have the ability to know that the intended fax recipient actually received the information. Ensure that the server is well secured and protected. If you’re using an...

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