Simple solution to HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance for a small practice
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use RMail to send encrypted emails with my company Gmail account.
Pros
- Secures email in a way that is not annoying to recipients.
- Converts attachments to pdf
- Provides proof of sending
- Provides proof of receipt
Cons
- Some Gmail add ons/extensions don't work with RMail.
- I'm not sure it can be integrated with gmail without Chrome or Outlook.
- More features would be cool.
Likelihood to Recommend
RMail is great for sending emails with information that is sensitive but that the recipient is not going to put a lot of work into retrieving. I do psychological evaluations for criminal courts and I use it to send reports to courts and attorneys. I need to use something compatible with HIPAA privacy rules, which courts and attorneys are typically not as concerned about. If they had to use a password or go to an outside web address to retrieve the email, they wouldn't do it. It's also common for an attorney to say they didn't get an email, but I always know if they did or not, and I have clear documentation of it, which is important in legal cases.
