[asterisk-biz] NuFone comes through

[Steve Totaro]

I guess it would but there are two variables that are out of the control 
of the health care company.  Will Nufone (insert any provider) setup a 
VPN tunnel with you and also, since you are bringing a 3rd party into 
the equation (VoIP provider), there is no way to be sure of security.  
Maybe a direct VPN to a company like Global Crossing (insert any major 
telco)  terminated directly to their PSTN trunks?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

Mike Hammett wrote:
> Wouldn't running everything through an IP-SEC tunnel solve any HIPPA 
> requirement?
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> ----- 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
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>> 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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