Since Paubox is a Business Associate to thousands of customers, we’ve been wondering if they are able to use eFax in a HIPAA compliant manner. In fact, we've noticed more vendors, customers, and prospects asking about HIPAA compliant services. This is especially true now as we see an accelerated, long overdue adoption of digital transformation in healthcare.
We know the HIPAA industry is vast, so we can empathize with just how many people need to use cloud services in this sector. Today we will determine if eFax offers HIPAA compliant fax service or not.
eFax
eFax is an internet fax service that makes it easy to send and receive faxes by email. eFax was founded in 1988 and is based in Los Angeles, California. eFax has operated as a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. since 2000.
A Business Associate is a person or company that performs certain functions or activities that involve the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for a Covered Entity. In a nutshell, the role of a Business Associate is to help Covered Entities comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Read full article: What does it mean to be a Business Associate?
If a Business Associate provides services to a Covered Entity, then a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) must be in place. A BAA is a written contract between a Covered Entity and a Business Associate and is required by law for HIPAA compliance. At a minimum, a Business Associate Agreement contains 10 provisions.
Read full article: Business Associate Agreement Provisions
From these pages, we can see that:
See also: (HITRUST) Case Study: Paubox
Conclusion: eFax is a HIPAA compliant fax service.