.mdEmail^® auditing

mdEmail Audit Controls^® help you achieve full HIPAA compliance through traceable file sharing and sending. As part of the email auditing service, users receive three gigabytes of audit storage space per domain name. An image-based archive of ALL emails (set and received), which can be saved to a CD or DVD, is zipped and saved and can be downloaded as needed, within the MaxMD Account Management system. You can purchase additional space if you require more.

.mdEmail^® Audit Feature is designed for “Covered Entities ” or “Business Associates” to address the following Security Standards Technical Safeguards:

STANDARD 164.312(b) Audit Controls: The Audit Controls standard requires a covered entity to: "Implement hardware, software, and/or procedural mechanisms that record and examine activity in information systems that contain or use electronic protected health information.”

STANDARD 164.312(c)(1) Integrity: The Integrity standard requires a covered entity to: "Implement policies and procedures to protect electronic protected health information from improper alteration or destruction." There is one addressable implementation specification in the Integrity standard.

MECHANISM TO AUTHENTICATE ELECTRONIC PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (A) - 164.312(C)(2): The covered entity must: "Implement electronic mechanisms to corroborate that electronic protected health information has not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner”.