System Security and HIPAA Compliance > Handling HIPAA Privacy and Security Features

Tracking HIPAA Privacy Compliance and Understanding HIPAA Security

You can track which patients have received notification of your HIPAA Privacy compliance efforts.

You can automatically display a HIPAA Privacy compliance notification when patients, who have not been informed of your regulatory compliance, are checked in using the following windows:

• InOffice

• Daily Appointments

• Book At A Glance

After informing the patient, you can add the following items:

• HIPAA acknowledgement

• Consent

• Authorization

• Disclosure

• Complaint contacts

You can enable the HIPAA Privacy feature on computers that are used in public areas to safeguard your patients’ privacy.

When this feature is enabled on a workstation:

• Abbreviations are displayed instead of patient names

• Patient phone numbers are not displayed in the following windows:

• InOffice

• Daily Appointments

• Book At A Glance

• History Appointments

• Patient phone numbers are not printed on the Daily Operatory report

You can use HIPAA Security features to help you comply with HIPAA security requirements and ensure that the data maintained in the database is protected.

HIPAA security settings also enable you to:

• Enforce user name and password usage

• Track the activity of each user

• Automatically log out of the software when each workstation is inactive for a specified time