HIPAA Privacy Rule: Communicating with Family and Friends

New guidance about communicating with a patient’s family, friends or caretakers was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights. This is the office entrusted with education about and enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. They have created two documents which [...]

The big toe is in…

For the past couple of months we here at SOS Software have been toying with the idea of starting a blog. Stepping into the blogosphere is intimidating to me. As our customers know, Synergistic Office Solutions is a small company providing medical and mental health practice management software and mental health clinical records. Our staff range [...]