Collaboration among healthcare professionals, particularly in circumstances that require the sharing of confidential patient information, requires an intranet or extranet that offers enhanced security features.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has three major requirements:
-> Protect the privacy of individual health information
-> Provide the necessary security to protect the privacy of individual health information
-> Provide standardization of electronic data interchange in health care transactions
Addressing this need, intranets and extranets are now available that meet these security requirements. As you consider the implementation of an intranet or extranet, look for the following security features:
-> Secure web server with 128bit SSL encryption
-> Server monitoring
-> Secure IDs and passwords
-> Defined authority levels
-> Viewing permission controls
-> Session time out after 30 minutes
-> The ability to disable user-specific cookies,
-> The ability of users to change their own password,
-> The ability to create strong passwords.
-> Complete,...