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EQUIPMENTS AND FACILITIES
Following are the Equipments and Books we use
and the kind of reports we formulate:
Equipments:
Dictaphones, computers, headphones,
and all necessary softwares required for this Industry.
Books:
American Medical Association,
England Journal of Medicine, Neurosurgery, Different versions
of Stedman’s, Webster’s, Family Practice Handbooks,
Urology, & other day-to-day updated journals.
Compliance with HIPAA
MEDIPHIL SCRIPTERS has simple and well-defined
policies & procedures for HIPAA compliance, as detailed
below. These are strictly adhered to:
Work Area Protection
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Production area is fully secured, which
is utilized only for Medical Transcription and medical billing
work, not for any other activity. The work area is
under ADT security system and locked up when not in use.
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Smoke detectors and fire extinguishers
as safety precautions are in place. These are checked and
maintained regularly.
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Admission to the work area is restricted
only to authorized personnel.
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Prior permission of management is mandated
for outside guests, maintenance staff and people other than
the authorized personnel to enter the work area.
Equipment Protection
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The Server and networked PCs deployed
for Medical Transcription / Billing are not used for any
other purpose.
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Access to particular PCs is allowed only
to the user and is password protected.
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The internal network is behind a rugged
firewall and anti-virus software, which protects external
intrusion and infringement of data.
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Reports used as work specimen to prospective
clients and for training purposes are free from doctor and
patient identification.
Data Transfer Protection
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Dictations done are transferred to our server, which is located in a high-secured Server Lab.
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The server Lab will be evaluated thoroughly for security procedures and HIPAA compliance.
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Transcribed reports that are sent out via e-mail carry a 64-bit encryption through a password protected zip file.
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The password would have a total of eight characters, three of which would be numerals. The frequency of changing passwords would be mutually decided with the client.
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MEDIPHIL SCRIPTERS has a separate password policy on storing, retrieving, changing and creating passwords.
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