HIPAA-Compliant Fax for Illinois Healthcare Providers
Northwestern Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and the University of Chicago Medicine sit at the center of a large Illinois provider network that sends enormous volumes of fax every year for patient records, specialist referrals, and pharmacy orders. Protected health information moving through that network has to stay secure under HIPAA and under the facility standards the Illinois Department of Public Health enforces.
Regulations & Compliance
Illinois providers operate under federal HIPAA and the state's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act at 740 ILCS 110, which holds mental health records to an especially strict standard. The Illinois Department of Public Health licenses facilities and enforces the Medical Patient Rights Act, while the Illinois Medical Practice Act sets physician recordkeeping duties. Encrypted transmission with a documented delivery trail supports all of these obligations, and a signed Business Associate Agreement is available where a covered entity needs one.
Key Institutions
- • Illinois Department of Public Health
- • Illinois State Medical Society
- • Northwestern Medicine
- • Rush University Medical Center