[asterisk-biz] NuFone comes through

[Mike Hammett]

Wouldn't running everything through an IP-SEC tunnel solve any HIPPA 
requirement?


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hayden" <haydenth at msu.edu>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] NuFone comes through


> I'm pretty sure healthcare over VoIP does not meet HIPAA Standards
> particularly since you're not encrypting the information.  Our HIPAA
> privacy officer tells me that even unencrypted emails with healthcare
> information in them are not compliant (the reason why many large
> insurance providers now have https web email gateways).  You might
> want to consult with your privacy officer.
>
> --
> Tom
>
> On 12/4/06, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>> Jamie Garrison wrote:
>> > I just wanted to let the asterisk community know that NuFone has
>> > delivered service to us where others (Broadvoice, PlainVoIP and TxLink
>> > to name a very few) have failed.
>> >
>> > We have been working on  a complex PBX integration project at health
>> > care facility in Texas for way too long now.  After failed attempts
>> > with other Asterisk friendly providers, I was able to encourage my
>> > boss (and his bosses) to give NuFone a try, despite the issues they
>> > have had.
>> >
>> > A last month we ported over a few non-critical numbers just to see how
>> > things went.   The porting process took about 8 days and we had
>> > absolutely no down time due to Greg Merriweather's attention to detail
>> > with our configuration.
>> >
>> > Then when Greg got stumped with a Zaptel configuration issue, the
>> > notorious JerJer was brought in.  After he grumbled about our
>> > configuration (we did make samples), Jeremy cleaned things up
>> > immensely and made the system purr.  I have learned quite a lot from
>> > him, even with his direct, off-the-cuff method of operation -- which I
>> > have started to enjoy, since he has got the job done where others have
>> > failed.
>> >
>> > We have since ported all of our numbers over to NuFone and are fully
>> > confident they are able to provide us the service we need. I know
>> > NuFone has had their problems in the past, but from my point of view
>> > things have changed.  If you have written off NuFone before, you
>> > really should consider giving them a second look now.
>> >
>> >
>> > ####
>> >  JG
>> >
>> I wonder if VoIP over the public internet meets the HIPAA standards?
>>
>> As for Nufone, no comment.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
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