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Email, Chat Rooms or Skype for Mental Health: What about Mandated Reporting?
Licensed professionals are obligated to follow an accepted “standard of care” that included procedures to use for mandated reporting. First, that standard of care has not yet been expanded to include email, chat room or videoconferencing via public, unsecured VOIP-based platforms. Which companies use VoIP-based platforms for online video conferencing? Skype, Google Talk and Oovoo.
Full StorySkype and Security for Healthcare: Let’s Be Reasonable
While I have every confidence their systems will eventually be far more than HIPAA compliant, I’m reluctant to encourage any of my patients or colleagues to currently risk confidentiality for the sake of convenience. Until we get official word from these companies in a way that the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will hold them accountable for any claims about HIPAA-compliance, I don’t think it’s wise. Just because we have the ability to deliver services online in email, chat room or via public videoconferencing network such as Skype or Google Talk, utilizing those abilities for direct client or patient care isn’t prudent or professional. That’s my opinion, what’s yours? Please comment below.
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