ZL Tech

According to a McKinsey & Company analysis , telehealth utilization has increased by 38% from the pre-COVID-19 baseline. The increased use of telehealth technology such as audio and video conferencing tools, cloud storage, third-party apps, digital charts, and so on has raised eyebrows in the industry, for valid reasons. Since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a federal baseline for privacy measures related to protected health information (PHI), the regulation is obviously looked upon in matters like these. HIPAA regulations apply to four distinct groups in the sector: healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates. The first three groups are known as covered entities , and they are obliged to comply with all HIPAA regulations and are subject to fines in case of non-compliance. The last group, business associates (BAs), must also strictly adhere to the HIPAA regulations, and PHI exchang...

All businesses today are required to archive emails per the laws applicable to them. Email archiving is a process of storing email communications in a digital format so that they can be searched, indexed, and retrieved whenever needed. Instead of being distributed around the business departments, an archived email is encrypted, typically compressed, and stored in a central location. This minimizes the attack surface and makes managing older emails containing a plethora of sensitive data easier. Email archiving also helps keep track of when and where the emails were sent, who sent them, and who received them. The United States Government mandated email archiving by including the Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in the 2006 update of the  Federal Regulations on Civil Procedure  (FCRP). Rule 34(a) of the update expects emails to be discoverable. Similarly, Rule 37 states that organizations must demonstrate that they have appropriate email retention policies in place to put...

HIPAA compliance software from ZL Tech, providing information archiving, streamlined review, custom lexical rules, and false positive reduction