HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA regulations require health care organizations to run their organizations more securely to enhance patient service and ensure the privacy and security of private personal health information (PHI).

Access to personal health information must be limited and its confidentiality must be protected. Systems and processes must be in place to provide information in a timely, efficient and cost-effective way to the people that need to use it to drive patient healthcare decisions in a secure manner. Healthcare organizations need to provide a reliable audit trail for tracking and reporting communications.

Primary HIPAA Privacy and Security Points

• Authentication: In any exchange of electronic data, each party to the transaction must prove that every other party is exactly who they claim to be.
• Access: All medical records must be secured from unauthorized access—even amongst its own employee body.
• Reporting / Tracking: Log all access, transfers, and use of patient data (including for backup purposes), and audit those accesses, transfers, and uses against patient authorization.

Contact us today to learn how Coastal can help healthcare organizations support HIPAA compliance, reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX)

SOX requires that all publicly traded companies maintain all correspondence, communications, electronic documents, faxes and application data and records between themselves and their public auditors for five years. It requires the CEO and CFO to sign certifications that the statements in the quarterly report are true and can be supported with all necessary documentation. Sarbanes-Oxley requires companies to be able to supply records supporting public assertions about their financial statements and prevents retaliation against employees who report abuse. It also mandates that all communications, documents and workflows should both originate and be stored on central servers to ensure that management always has copies of every stored document and is able to utilize software and hardware products to better protect and access the central information.

Contact us today to learn how Coastal can help your organization support SOX compliance.