Starting March 1, 2014 Bay Area Systems will begin offering assistance to healthcare providers that deal with protected health information

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Bay Area Systems begin offering assistance to healthcare providers and organizations to be compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), to ensure all the required physical, network, and process security measures are followed.

BayArea Systems (www.BayAreaSystems.com), premier Information Technology (IT) consulting provider in San Francisco Bay Area, is on the forefront of providing cost-effective IT outsourcing solutions for small and medium businesses.

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Starting February 1, 2014, BayArea Systems will begin offering assistance to healthcare providers that deal with protected health information.  This includes covered entities, anyone who is providing treatment, payment and operations in healthcare; as well as business associations, anyone with access to patient information/data and provides support in treatment, payment and operations; all subcontractors, and business associates of business associates also need to be in compliance.  The HIPAA Privacy Rule (also known as electronic protected health information ePHI)pertains to the saving, accessing, and sharing of medical and personal information of any individual; the HIPAA Security Rule are standards to protect health data created, maintained, transmitted electronically.

Bay Area Systems will assist with implementing physical safeguards, that include putting limited facility access and control in place; implementing policies about the use and access to all computer workstations and electronic media.  Technical safeguards should be implemented to allow only the authorized to access electronic protected health data through the means of unique user ID, automatic log off and/or screen lock, emergency access procedure, as well as proper data encryption.  IT disaster recovery and off-site data backup are also keys to ensure any electronic media failures can be remedied quickly and patient health data can be recovered accurately and as complete as possible.

Starting February 1, 2014, Bay Area Systems begin offering assistance to implement HIPAA Administrative Security Service that includes audits and reports, document policies and procedures, as well as help organize staff and business associate trainings.  BayArea Systems will advise on physical security, and help with ensuring only authorized users should have access to physical servers that are in locked server racks, suites and cages.  BayArea Systems will assist with technical security services that include file system backup and virus-protection, firewall and VPN implementation and management, as well as managing SSL certificates and updating of Windows and software patches and updates.

For almost a decade, Bay Area Systems has provided cost-effective computer systems and network support and services to small businesses all around the San Francisco Bay Area. BayArea Systems LLC has become a pioneer in providing customized technology solutions that are efficient, cost-effective, and improve bottom line of small businesses. BayArea Systems' business model is based on their passion to provide the best customer service experience in the industry, and building long-term business relationship with their customers.

Media Contact: Francis Chiu, Bay Area Systems, 4153972702, [email protected]

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