Yes, TaperMD is a HIPAA-compliant EHR platform that provides secure, cloud-based access to patient records. Frequent backups along with dual authentication and encryption factors protect against data loss or security breaches. The integrity of these features is maintained throughout its integration with PointClickCare. Patient records are imported just during a user session and only PointClickCare numeric identifiers are stored in TaperMD along with the Consultant Pharmacists notes.
Additionally, upon import of each PointClickCare resident into TaperMD, the user performing the import must attest to the following:
The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information at 45 CFT Parts 160 and 164 (the “Privacy Rules”) took effect on April 14, 2003. In accordance with the Privacy Rules, TaperMD, has entered into a Business Associate Agreement with your organization and that TaperMD creates, receives, maintains or transmits Protected Health Information from or on behalf of your organization, which information is subject to protection under the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “HITECH Act”), and related regulations promulgated by the Secretary (“HIPAA Regulations”). By accepting this patient’s health information into TAPERMD, you are attesting that they are a valid patient of your organization and covered by the existing Business Associate Agreement.