Audit Feature

mdEmail^® Audit Feature : $240 per year

Helps you achieve full HIPAA compliance through traceable file sharing and sending. As part of the email auditing service, users receive 4 gigabytes of audit storage space per domain name. An image-based archive of ALL emails (sent 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. If you require more audit storage space, you can purchase additional space in increments of 4 gigabytes for $10 per month each.

.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."