VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance
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| author | Valerie J.M. Watzlaf Sohrab Moeini Patti Firouzan |
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Voice over the Internet Protocol</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2445b6fd207c43c8863d36979bf341c32025-08-20T03:17:51ZengHawaii Pacific University LibraryInternational Journal of Telerehabilitation1945-20202010-10-012210.5195/ijt.2010.60565900VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA ComplianceValerie J.M. Watzlaf0Sohrab Moeini1Patti FirouzanUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Voice over the Internet Protocol</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p> </p>http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6056 |
| spellingShingle | Valerie J.M. Watzlaf Sohrab Moeini Patti Firouzan VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance International Journal of Telerehabilitation |
| title | VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance |
| title_full | VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance |
| title_fullStr | VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance |
| title_full_unstemmed | VOIP for Telerehabilitation: A Risk Analysis for Privacy, Security, and HIPAA Compliance |
| 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 |
| url | http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6056 |
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