Network Faxing and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

White Paper Network Faxing and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Realizing a Positive ROI with FaxPressT and FaxPress PremierT Castelle 855 Jarvis Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 http://www.castelle.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary __________________________________________________________________________ 1 About Castelle's FaxPress and FaxPress Premier Fax Servers ________________________________________ 2 Meeting HIPAA Objectives with FaxPress and FaxPress Premier ______________________________________ 3 HIPAA-Specific Advantages of FaxPress and FaxPress Premier_______________________________________ 4 Privacy and Security Safeguard Features of FaxPress and FaxPress Premier ____________________________ 5 Electronic, Desktop Faxing _________________________________________________________________ 5 Fax and Email Integration _________________________________________________________________ 5 Fax Notification _________________________________________________________________________ 5 Fax Archive ____________________________________________________________________________ 5 Address Book Integration__________________________________________________________________ 5 Automatic Inbound Routing_________________________________________________________________ 6 Assigned Line Routing_____________________________________________________________________ 6 Carbon Copy Feature ____________________________________________________________________ 6 Transaction Logs_________________________________________________________________________ 6 Fax Reporting __________________________________________________________________________ 6 PBX Dial-Out Password Security ____________________________________________________________ 6 FaxPress Management via SNMP ___________________________________________________________ 6 Production Faxing _______________________________________________________________________ 6 Custom Fax Application Development Tools____________________________________________________ 6 Fax Approval___________________________________________________________________________ 7 Secure Web Interface ____________________________________________________________________ 7 Backup and Restore ______________________________________________________________________ 7 User Authentication ______________________________________________________________________ 7 User Privileges __________________________________________________________________________ 7 Inclusion and Exclusion Lists ________________________________________________________________ 7 Safeguard Features Chart ___________________________________________________________________ 7 Realizing a Positive ROI _____________________________________________________________________ 8 Which Castelle Fax Server Is Best For You? _______________________________________________________ 8 FaxPress Product Line Overview_______________________________________________________________ 9 FaxPress Premier Product Line Overview ________________________________________________________ 9 Fax Capacity _____________________________________________________________________________ 9 Telephony Interface: Analog or Digital?_________________________________________________________ 9 Castelle APIs: Custom/Production Fax Development Tools ___________________________________________ 9 FaxPress and FaxPress Premier Software Feature Comparison ______________________________________ 10 Specifications and Feature Comparison Chart ___________________________________________________ 11 Pre-sales Support and Additional Information ____________________________________________________ 12
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Executive Summary Taking measures to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can become an opportunity for health care organizations to review, update and improve existing and sometimes outdated information systems. Implementing "appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards" (section 45CFR164.530) to protect patient health information and support HIPAA objectives can lead not only to a new standard of privacy and security, but to a new standard of efficiency and workflow and, frequently, a positive return on the investment in HIPAA compliance as well. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) prescribes new health care ... [download for more]