HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is revolutionizing healthcare information management. Any organization that electronically stores or transmits patient information must take enterprise-wide steps to adhere to HIPAA's sweeping privacy, security and transactions standards. Essentially, HIPAA requires healthcare entities to "re-architect" how they capture, store, and transmit health data and to ensure that they protect personal health information and the privacy rights of patients.

Does DPS falls under HIPAA rules? Under HIPAA privacy rule, “DPS " falls under the extension of Business Associate. A Business Associate (BA) is any person(s) or entity which performs a function or activity on behalf of a Covered Entity (CE) and involves the use or disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI).

DPS considers the HIPAA regulations a call to revolutionize its overall processes and aggressively move towards a more secure deployment of electronically transmitted healthcare information. By adopting a best practices approach to privacy and security, we earn the confidence of the clients. Confidence equates to loyalty, and loyalty will help leverage our business to obtain untapped, parallel business.

We at DPS have always been highly conscious of handling sensitive client and patient information with the utmost confidentiality. HIPAA regulations are also of great concern to DPS and we take all patient information matters seriously. To maintain security and to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the information transmitted, DPS enters into a trust partner agreement with the client.

We are committed to deliver services and products that enable our clients to meet the requirements of HIPAA. Our industry knowledge and integrated internal business processes position us to help our clients address the challenges of HIPAA while meeting their long-term and financial goals.

To ensure the confidentiality of your information, DPS has each employee sign a confidentiality agreement. Under terms of the agreement, all employees agree not to use, publish or disclose, or permit others to use, any confidential information they may come in contact with. Violation of this agreement warrants termination.

We guarantee our clients that the work they have entrusted to us will be performed with highest integrity and confidentiality.