HIPAA Compliance

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996

Complying under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 - Section 13400 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH/ARRA) Act of 2009 - Section 13400, all outbound email and file attachments MUST be sent securely and encryption is the best method. MX Lock comes fully equipped with a HIPAA encryption engine (also known as the Intelligent Content Scanning engine) and allows for customizable compliance rules that can be uniquely tailored to meed your business needs. The IT administrator can implement specific rules to force encrypt emails based on their content or he/she can let the HIPAA encryption engine do its business.



MX Lock with HIPAA Encryption Engine (known as the Intelligent Content Scanning Engine in the above picture)

When sensitive/confidential data is matched, MX Lock will encrypt and deliver the email only to the pre-authorized recipients (regardless of email/attachment size). Only users with proper credentials can send encrypted emails and only trusted recipients with accurate credentials can decrypt and view the content of the email. MX Lock is an impenetrable lock on patient/medical records assuring full HIPAA compliance.

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