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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way healthcare professionals work and it has also changed the way organizations deliver healthcare. Not only are more healthcare personnel working remotely, but they’re also treating patients who are consuming healthcare services remotely instead of walking in. Certainly, there are many advantages to this. The reduced physical proximity mitigates the risk of infectious disease transmission, leaving patients and healthcare providers healthier. In addition, it allows patients with mobility or...

Disclosure of the personal health information (PHI) of patients via email without their consent or knowledge can be very alarming. We will cover the 4 risks of using encrypted email on sharing personal health information. Let us discuss them briefly in the following sequence. Email Encryption Types of Email Encryption TLS (Transport Layer Security End-to-end Email Encryption Email Encryption Mistyping an email address on the part of the sender may cause disclosure of patients’ PHI....