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Let's review email systems and how they can be secured for ePHI and other sensitive data. Find Healthcare IT HIPAA For MSPs Kardon Compliance Alston Article on Email Security   Notes Leigh from Florida sent us an email asking for us to explain some more specifics about email. She had been listening to Episode 8: HIPAA Myths Part 2 which mentioned it but she had specific questions how can email be secured. This couldn't be covered in a quick 5 minute HIPAA answer episode so we are doing a whole episode.  How does email work - for "real people" to understand Compare to the post office since that is the way it was originally modeled to match Why that isn't secure at all, really http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hipaa-breach-letters-go-out-after-email-hack (article on email hacked and it had patient info in it) open transmissions and many different servers Misconceptions I use a password so it is secure I use https so it is secure I use TLS so it is secure I use updated Outlook with Hosted Exchange so