I need to create a HIPAA compliant digital signature for each record in an
Access database table

On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:11:02 -0700, Bill from New Mexico <Bill from New
(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

A digital signature as in "An electronic mechanism that ensures that
the record is what it purports to be, and has not been changed since
the signature was affixed"?

If not, what do you mean by "HIPAA compliant digital signature"?
Who is giving you that requirement?

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP


>I need to create a HIPAA compliant digital signature for each record in an
>Access database table

HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPAA

To answer the post,
I would not use Access if you have to be HIPPA compliant or compliant with
any other legislation that's out there. While Access security can lock down
access to the objects and data - it is *NOT* lead tight. I'd go with a
commerical product first before I even tried to build something.

"Tom van Stiphout" wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:11:02 -0700, Bill from New Mexico <Bill from New
> (E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> A digital signature as in "An electronic mechanism that ensures that
> the record is what it purports to be, and has not been changed since
> the signature was affixed"?
>
> If not, what do you mean by "HIPAA compliant digital signature"?
> Who is giving you that requirement?
>
> -Tom.
> Microsoft Access MVP
>
>
> >I need to create a HIPAA compliant digital signature for each record in an
> >Access database table
>

No wonder my first thought was that it dealt with patient records &
confidentiality.

"Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com" wrote:

> Actually Access is used quite extensively in informatics (IT for health care
> environs.) As long as it's run on a secured network there's really no problem,
> assuming that the network complies with HIPAA regs. I know several people in
> master's programs for Informatics and they've all been required to take
> courses in Access. For an app that's intended to be run over the internet I'd
> agree with dch3.
>
> BTW, for the unintiated, HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and
> Accountability Act) is another of those Congressional boondoggles that was
> designed to do one thing (make sure that people with health problems
> maintained health care coverage when changing job by limiting "pre-existing
> illness" clauses from group health policies) and as a by product did
> something else.
>
> The something else was to establish governmental regs as to how health care
> records are handled to insure patient confidentiality. Some estimates place
> the additional cost to the health care bill for American citizens at ***8
> billion dollars a year!***
>
> --
> There's ALWAYS more than one way to skin a cat!
>
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