Perry Research, Inc., today announced its HIPAA Security Q & A Forum, a free online support service for the healthcare industry.
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) FOR RELEASE August 7, 2003 — Perry Research, Inc., a leading provider of information security consulting services, announced today its HIPAA Security Q & A Service, a free online technical support forum for organizations seeking compliance with HIPAA privacy and security guidelines. By submitting a question to http://www.PerryResearch.com/phorum/, healthcare organizations and service providers can have their HIPAA privacy and security questions answered free of charge by qualified information security professionals, in a private posting format if the provider wishes to remain anonymous.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has forever changed the way healthcare organizations handle and disseminate information. With one deadline gone, and the October 16, 2003 compliance date for electronic transactions and code sets only months away, healthcare institutions simply cannot afford to lag behind on compliance issues, especially those relating to information security practice and procedure. "The minimum requirement stipulated by HIPAA is role based access control, which separates access to medical information on a layer by layer, per individual access basis. With most healthcare organizations still stuck in the mainframe era, attaining compliance in the security realm is a difficult, if not impossible task for healthcare providers without the right security team creating their access control architecture," said Gregory Perry, president and chief executive of Perry Research. "Our online Security Q & A Forum will provide these organizations with a sounding board for their questions, no matter how technical their problem may be. All questions and answers are archived online, so that other providers may browse the list and contribute to our public knowledge base if they so choose."
HIPAA related security concerns have brought patient record privacy to the top of the boardroom agenda, with stiff fines and even jail time for the most serious of compliance violations. HIPAA privacy and security regulations affect all aspects of the healthcare industry, including but not limited to: healthcare providers, hospitals, medical billing centers, insurance companies, medical malpractice legal firms, managed healthcare providers, etc. By offering this support service free of charge to the online community, Perry Research will raise the bar on HIPAA security awareness issues, while providing a valuable support service for smaller organizations that require compliance but cannot afford a full time security audit staff.
The Perry Research Security Q & A Forum can be accessed via the World Wide Web at:
http://www.PerryResearch.com/phorum/
About Perry Research, Inc.
Headquartered in sunny Tampa Bay Florida, Perry Research is an information security services firm with a strong focus on cryptographic privacy, network penetration assessments and vulnerability analysis, secure systems design, and wireless security architecture. For more information on Perry Research services, call 813-864-7659, or visit http://www.PerryResearch.com/services.htm.
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