The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 required the United States Department of Health and Human Services to develop standards for the maintenance and transmission of health information associated with individual patients.

HIPAA is difficult for most organizations to digest and understand, let alone implement policies to be in compliance. Furthermore, there are significant criminal, civil, and financial penalties for non-compliance.

When working with Pinnacle Outlook Services, feel secure in knowing that Pinnacle Outlook Services is a HIPAA compliant and certified vendor. More importantly, know that our web-based system ensures that your medical transcription process will be HIPAA compliant as well.

Pinnacle Outlook Services assists you with HIPAA Compliance

Privacy – No more patient information lying around the office or sitting on fax machines.

• Through unique user IDs and passwords, patient information is only accessed by appropriate users.
   
• With our system, patient information can be immediately routed to specified 3rd party agencies (i.e., insurance companies, referring physicians) via a secure connection.

Access & Accountability – Access and changes to patient information must be monitored.

• Our system tracks and monitors every time a record is viewed, edited, approved, and printed, and only allows specified users access to the file.

Security – 128-bit encryption protects your data from hackers.

• Our system employs a secure, 128-bit encrypted connection required by HIPAA.
   
• Our system uses the same technology used by the banking (Citibank), credit card (American Express), and other leading industries (Microsoft, Amazon.com).

Data Storage & Back-up – Providers must ensure that patient records are not altered or lost.

• Pinnacle Outlook Services uses data warehouses and multiple backup servers to store patient information for life, ensuring that data integrity is maintained and properly stored.
   
• Your encrypted patient records are stored in our HIPAA Certified web-based server!