The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), also known as HIPAA, have standards that are designed to:

• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system by standardizing the interchange of electronic data for specified administrative and financial transactions; and

• Protect the security and confidentiality of electronic health information.

SoundTranscription is a HIPAA-compliant web-based enterprise reporting solution available for the healthcare industry. It allows healthcare organizations to streamline their operations while maintaining compliance with today's evolving regulatory standards. In streamlining operations, the system eliminates paper-based reports reducing printing, handling, distribution and storage costs by up to 80 percent. It also provides an alternative to microfiche archival and reduces report distribution time from days to minutes improving service and efficiency.

HIPAA Data Security Rules
SoundTranscription is closely tracking the proposed regulations and will make certain that our transcription service meets or exceeds the data security requirements of HIPAA.

SoundTranscription's security features comply with the proposed data security rules of HIPAA:

• Strong, compliant authentication procedures that include both user identification and secure passwords

• Our security administrator defines and manages user- and role-based access as required by HIPAA

• Encryption technology (128-bit) that conforms to the proposed HIPAA rules for information transmitted over the Internet

• Additional levels of security provided by our security feature that allow specifically designated users to view only the particular pages or columns of reports they are authorized to access.

• Tracking system that records user activity, including what information they have accessed, as required under the proposed rules.