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VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance

Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems such as Adobe ConnectNow, Skype, ooVoo, etc. may include the use of software applications for telerehabilitation (TR) therapy that can provide voice and video teleconferencing between patients and therapists. Privacy and security applications as well a...

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Autores principales: Watzlaf, Valerie J.M., Moeini, Sohrab, Firouzan, Patti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25945172
http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2010.6056
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description Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems such as Adobe ConnectNow, Skype, ooVoo, etc. may include the use of software applications for telerehabilitation (TR) therapy that can provide voice and video teleconferencing between patients and therapists. Privacy and security applications as well as HIPAA compliance within these protocols have been questioned by information technologists, providers of care and other health care entities. This paper develops a privacy and security checklist that can be used within a VoIP system to determine if it meets privacy and security procedures and whether it is HIPAA compliant. Based on this analysis, specific HIPAA criteria that therapists and health care facilities should follow are outlined and discussed, and therapists must weigh the risks and benefits when deciding to use VoIP software for TR.
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spelling pubmed-42967912015-05-05 VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance Watzlaf, Valerie J.M. Moeini, Sohrab Firouzan, Patti Int J Telerehabil Technology Review Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems such as Adobe ConnectNow, Skype, ooVoo, etc. may include the use of software applications for telerehabilitation (TR) therapy that can provide voice and video teleconferencing between patients and therapists. Privacy and security applications as well as HIPAA compliance within these protocols have been questioned by information technologists, providers of care and other health care entities. This paper develops a privacy and security checklist that can be used within a VoIP system to determine if it meets privacy and security procedures and whether it is HIPAA compliant. Based on this analysis, specific HIPAA criteria that therapists and health care facilities should follow are outlined and discussed, and therapists must weigh the risks and benefits when deciding to use VoIP software for TR. University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2010-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4296791/ /pubmed/25945172 http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2010.6056 Text en This work is licensed by the author(s) under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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title_short VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance
title_sort voip for telerehabilitation: a risk analysis for privacy, security, and hipaa compliance
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4296791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25945172
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