business associate agreement

[Catherine Galle]

Luke,

Yes we are required to have a 'BAA' with our appointment scheduling
software. We do not have to have an agreement with Windows as nothing that
is considered electronic protected health information is submitted to or
through them.

Sincerely,
Catherine

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Luke Schierer <lschiere at pidgin.im> wrote:

> Do you need a similar agreement with Microsoft for your use of Windows?
> Word? Excel?
> Do you need a similar agreement with the vendor of your appointment
> scheduling vendor?
>
> Basically, I highly doubt that HIPPA requires that you sign a "business
> associate agreement" with every software vendor you use.
>
> Luke
>
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 01:26:53PM -0500, Catherine Galle wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are interested in using pidgin with the otr plugin for messaging
> between
> > staff, as pidgin-otr has high ratings/reviews. We are a doctor's office
> and
> > therefore governed by the rules of HIPAA. Would it be possible to get a
> > business associate agreement between our company and pidgin?
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Catherine
>
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