Tracking Patients in the Office > Understanding HIPAA and the InOffice Feature

Setting InOffice Privacy

You can use the InOffice HIPAA Privacy feature to ensure that sensitive patient information is not displayed in the InOffice window. When this feature is enabled, patient initials are displayed instead of full names.

To set the HIPAA Privacy feature for the InOffice, select an option:

• To enable the HIPAA Privacy feature:To enable the HIPAA Privacy feature:Click Privacy Is Off in InOffice window. The feature is enabled, and the menu command changes to HIPAA Privacy On. The patient initials for each patient scheduled for an appointment are displayed in the Name (Last, First) column of the window.

• To disable the HIPAA Privacy feature:To disable the HIPAA Privacy feature:Click Privacy Is On in the InOffice window. The feature is disabled, and the menu command changes to HIPAA Privacy Off. The full name of each patient scheduled for an appointment is displayed in the Name (Last, First) column of the window.