I work for the DoD supporting Military medical software and am required to
take multiple certification courses relating to PHI (Personal Health
Information) and PII (Personally Identifiable Information). The rules are
fairly stringent, but necessary. Anyone working in a medical facility who
has access to medical information (PHI or PII) is required to be HIPAA
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) certified. Requiring
everyone who works in such a facility to be HIPAA Certified limits the
problem of security, as far as employees, etc. Other that that, normal
computer security measures should be implemented (secure passwords, etc.).
Therefore, building a database would be adequately secure if these measures
are followed.

That being said, I also am looking for a template (at least for starting
ideas) for a doctor's office.
--
Johnson B.


"tina" wrote:

keep in mind the HIPAA privacy and security requirements, Pat. an Access
database cannot be completely secured, so you have to consider whether it
will satisfy HIPAA regulations, and the potential ramifications to the
doctor, his practice, and his patients, if it does not.

hth


"Pat" wrote in message
...
a database program that keeps track of patients, and their records. It
would
have all the required fields with appointments, and all the necessary
requirements for that record that a doctors office would require ie;
insurance, referrals, address, telephone number, account number, social
security number, etc.

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