If you access work emails using public Wi-Fi, you could be putting your practice at risk of a privacy breach. Using a VPN can help. Find out how.
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If you access work emails using public Wi-Fi, you could be putting your practice at risk of a privacy breach. Using a VPN can help. Find out how.
Read this guide for answers to all your questions on using online forms in a small healthcare practice.
Get clear answers to your top HIPAA questions about email, web forms, telehealth, and more. No jargon, just easy-to-understand guidance.
Worried you might be violating HIPAA whenever you leave or receive a voicemail? Find out what the guidelines are and how to stay HIPAA compliant.
Everything you need to get started with Hushmail’s email templates, designed to save you valuable time and effort.
This guide clarifies HIPAA incidental disclosures for small healthcare practices and outlines actionable tips to help prevent incidental disclosures.
Confused about endpoints in your NPI application? Learn what they are and how to quickly get one using Hush™ Secure Forms.
Writing the same emails over and over? Learn how to use templates to save time, reduce errors, and email like a pro.
Send professional and helpful client emails with these free templates in record time.
Get ahead of the HIPAA Security Rule updates! This non-intimidating guide is for small healthcare practices looking for an actionable plan.
Got direct messaging through your EHR? Don’t think you need secure email? Think again. Secure email has benefits you may not have considered.
Confused about Notice of Privacy Practices (NPPs) for your small practice? Our guide breaks it down and shows you how to get it right.
Dr. Azurin knew his family’s medical practice could work more efficiently. That’s why he started using Hush™ Secure Forms.
Retiring? Prep your Hushmail account for future record requests. Take these simple steps for compliance and peace of mind.
He was the new clinician, but that didn’t stop him from managing a challenging transition to secure email.
Using an EHR is a great way to manage and maintain clinical data in your practice. But there's one crucial gap many EHR systems leave, which could...
Many see faxing as a dependable way to communicate, but it can also be slow and error-prone. Find out how to use secure online forms instead to...
Have you done a HIPAA risk assessment recently? If not, it’s the perfect time to get started. Read on for everything you need to know (and a free...
Have some of your emails returned undelivered or been marked as spam? If so, you may need to change some email settings. Read this guide to find out...
Is Google Drive a safe place to store client data? Learn about its potential risks and how to stay HIPAA compliant in healthcare with this guide.
HIPAA-compliant email providers to keep client messages and information secure. Find the best solution for your needs and budget with our detailed...
Avoid the HIPAA Wall of Shame and protect your practice from the costly consequences of a breach. Our guide will help you stay compliant and avoid...
Dr. Walker loved her job as a trauma center therapist but didn't like her work environment. The pandemic allowed her to go virtual with her solo...
Do you ever wonder what your Hushmail emails and web forms look like to your clients? In today’s post, we’re giving you a step-by-step look at what...
We’re comparing five of the most popular HIPAA-compliant form builders so you can find the best one for your small practice.
There are some big HIPAA updates coming up in 2023 that you need to be aware of. Let’s figure out what they means for your practice.
Do you need to send faxes in your practice? We’ll tell you how you can ensure that they’re secure and HIPAA compliant.
In your healthcare practice you have to make sure that every form of communication is HIPAA compliant. Texting is no exception.
Anne had used paper forms in her therapy practice for years because she was used to her system. But there were problems with using paper. Here's how...
Get a free therapy intake form template! And find out how to customize it so it fits your practice. We talked to nine counselors about their best...
Think a HIPAA email disclaimer makes you HIPAA compliant? Think again. Disclaimers won’t prevent fines and investigations.
We’ve researched five surprising HIPAA violations you might not know about and how to avoid them.
Find out if DocuSign is HIPAA compliant and a good option for small to medium-sized healthcare practices.
Moving your practice forms online? Let’s find out if Adobe Sign is a good way to get them signed.
Do your practice emails and web forms comply with Canadian privacy laws? Follow three recommendations to ensure they do.
Want to use Outlook in your practice? We’ll show you how to do it with our HIPAA-compliant Outlook guide.
Find out if Google Forms is the best HIPAA-compliant solution for your practice forms. Or if there’s a better option just for healthcare.
If you're a healthcare practitioner, you probably need business associate agreements (BAAs) with service providers like email, telehealth, and your...
Everything you need to know about HIPAA-compliant email and how to choose a secure email service for your therapy practice.
Were you surprised by the No Surprises Act? Get up to speed fast. Plus, get Hushmail’s Good Faith Estimate template that will make complying super...
Want to use Gmail in your private practice? Follow our 4-step guide to see how to make Gmail HIPAA compliant, and why an alternative may be better...
These resolutions will help keep your account and practice running smoothly so you can tackle the New Year with confidence and optimism.
In 2022, we’ll be working hard to make secure communication through email and web forms easier than ever for our Hushmail for Healthcare customers.
As we wrap up another year, we have an opportunity to look back and take stock of what we’ve accomplished in 2021.
If you’re a healthcare professional of any kind, you need an email account that has been created with healthcare in mind. Here’s why you need a...
When you sign up with Hushmail, you have the option of using your own domain, one of our Hushmail domains, or a Hushmail subdomain. Here’s how to...
Thank you to all of the healthcare professionals who are working so hard to help get us through this challenging time. From the Hushmail family to...
With Black Friday just around the corner, now’s the time to scoop up the services you need to get your practice in better shape for the next year.
We’d like to extend our deep thanks to those who have served our countries. Today, we’re looking at some of the many resources that can help veterans...
Finding your best-fit client is an art, requiring sensitivity, the willingness to say “no,” a network of therapists you can refer to, and a deep...
National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month gives practitioners, clients, and community members the opportunity to focus their attention on...
Here are some of the ways Hushmail can take the administrative load off your shoulders, freeing you up to spend more time with your clients.
Do you worry about experiencing a data breach? Here’s what to do if a data breach occurs so you don’t make mistakes that could cause further damage.
Use our SCARED and SCAARED self-administered questionnaires to screen for anxiety disorders in children and adults.
Are you not getting your clients’ form submissions? There’s likely a quick fix. Today, we’re telling you about the three things you should check...
Hush™ Secure Forms is a robust form builder that allows you to give your clients forms they can fill out at home. Here are the basics of building a...
Hushmail isn’t just good for you, the practitioner. It’s also good for your clients. Here’s how Hushmail can help alleviate a few common aversions to...
You don’t have to give up your email app to use Hushmail. Learn how Hushmail encryption carries over to your favorite app.
Learn how to organize your Hushmail inbox with these helpful tips from Organize and Thrive, LLC.
We’re offering a new template in our directory, the Informed Consent for In-person Services During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis, developed by...
Practice Solutions, LLC is taking the guesswork out of clean claim processing. If you’re new to taking insurance or want a better process to ensure...
The Hushmail Customer Success team is here to help with your new email and web form service. What can you expect as a new Hushmail for Healthcare...
Here’s how you can create a HIPAA-compliant, efficient note-taking system using Hush Secure Forms.
Meet our new Customer Care Specialist – Jonathan. Residing in Saint John, New Brunswick, he's Hushmail's newest East Coast team member.
Hushmail provides three things you won’t get with Google that go a long way toward making your practice management easier and more efficient.
Conditional logic determines whether or not a field is visible on your form. We’re giving you a brief overview of how conditional logic works and a...
The signatures you collect on your forms are as legally binding as handwritten ones. Here’s how you can demonstrate the authenticity of your...
We’re taking a look at HIPAA violations: how they occur, how they are reported, what happens during and after an investigation, and what you can do...
What started out as a necessary transition during the pandemic-driven lockdowns has turned into an economical and convenient option for providing...
Websites have come a long way from the days when they were a brochure for your practice and not much more. Today we’re looking at what you need in...
We’re taking a closer look at why sending PDFs to your clients no longer works and how to make the transition to web forms.
If you’ve ever been targeted by a phishing scam, you know how frustrating it can be. Fortunately, there is something you can, and should, do to...
We’re answering some of the most common questions we receive from both new and long-time Hushmail customers.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We’re proud to provide therapists with digital self-administered questionnaires like the PHQ-9 and PTSD...
HIPAA can seem confusing, especially when dealing with it for the first time. We’ve put together a post about the bare minimum you need to know.
You can control how you manage your Hushmail email. Here are some tips that will help you customize your secure email experience.
We’re shedding some light on the Information Blocking Rule, who’s affected, and what you need to do before April 5.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is the newest addition to our web form template directory. We’re giving you all the information...
Hushmail’s more than just email. We also provide web forms, e-signatures, and extra bells and whistles you might not be aware of, such as email...
With Hush Secure Forms, you can put together a customized homework form that your client can fill out from any device at a time that’s convenient for...
The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is the newest addition to our web form template directory. We’re giving you all the information you need to...
It’s easy to set up an intake form when you make use of one of our templates as a starting point. We’ll walk you through the steps that will result...
We’re introducing our newest feature, body charts, to Hush Secure Forms. With body charts, you can create forms that allow your patients to place...
While “privacy” and “security” might occasionally be used interchangeably, the terms have very different meanings. If you’re a healthcare...
We’re explaining what risk analysis and risk management are and what you can do to ensure that you’re adequately protecting your clients’ ePHI.
In today’s post, we’ll explain what the individual's right of access is and what you can do to ensure you’re correctly informing your clients of...
2021 marks the 25th year of HIPAA. This legislation that has done so much to protect the privacy of individuals seeking healthcare has never been so...
Security and functionality are intrinsically linked. The most secure way of doing something can also be the most functional, as long as you keep...
Let’s celebrate the holidays! We’re listing some of our favorite gifts to give to your colleagues and other therapists in your life.
A secure contact form can make practice management more efficient by helping you find the clients who are the best fit for your practice – but only...
One of the simplest ways to ensure immediate, secure contact is by putting a secure contact form on your website.
If you’re building a web form for the first time, you might find staring at a blank page a little daunting. Building a web form is easier if you...
How does Hushmail encryption work? Are you sure you want all of your emails encrypted all of the time? Not everyone is going to have the same...
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a perfect time to make these five important security checks.
You spent the summer getting your practice to run smoothly online. Now it’s time to conduct a thorough risk assessment to ensure it’s secure.
Our newest customer success story explores how Carol Park, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Dietitian, is managing her practice...
Your Hushmail account will serve you best when it’s cleared of clutter and kept up to date. Here are five housekeeping tasks that you can do today to...
Build your best online form. Ask yourself these five questions to make sure your web form looks great, is easy to fill out, and efficiently collects...
With Hush Secure Forms, there are three different ways your clients can access your online forms. We’re exploring each one so you can choose the...
In light of the new, online environment, we thought it would be a good time to publish a reminder of what it means to be HIPAA compliant. We hope...
We are often updating our directory with new templates. In today’s post, we’ll tell you about the three templates our customers use the most and make...
There are a lot of different applications for using conditional visibility in your web forms, and not all of them are readily apparent. To show you...
We’re giving you a close-up look at Hush Secure Forms and everything its dynamic web forms can do from screening your clients for depression to...
Hush Secure Forms just got even better. Fields now show up according to preset conditions. This means your clients will receive a personalized...
In today’s increasingly online world, reviews make a difference. But how do you respond to good and bad reviews while maintaining your practice’s...
When you’re in a caring profession, keeping yourself strong can only happen through intentional self-care. And now, when so much care is needed, is a...
Using a forwarding address can make it easier to identify and file your emails, and it doesn’t cost anything. You can set up a separate address for...
Monitoring clients for increased depression, anxiety, and stress is more important now than ever. Screenings are inexpensive, readily available tools...
One of the best ways to develop the new practices needed for managing your practice during the pandemic is to listen to colleagues and discover...
Your website is more than a brochure for your practice. When it’s done right, it’s your patient hub. Hushmail partner Great Dental Websites explains...
You built a great form. Now share it with your colleagues! With form sharing, instead of rebuilding the same form for everyone in your office and...
Hushmail’s Jarred Bolen joined Dr. Neil Gajjar for a comprehensive webinar provided by the Academy of General Dentistry to help dental practices stay...
We’re presenting a customer case study that explores how dentist Dr. Neil Gajjar safely continued providing emergency care at the height of the...
Whether you have an optometry, dental, counseling, or other healthcare practice, you’re likely considering how you can safely reopen. Web forms can...
Hushmail isn’t just compliant with HIPAA. Our services also comply with the EU’s GDPR, Canada’s PIPEDA and provincial privacy laws, among many...
Our message center is the communication hub between you and your clients. There they can send and receive secure email and web forms from you, and...
Are your emails landing in your clients’ junk folders? It could have to do with a missing SPF record. In most cases, setting an SPF record is a...
Do you know how HIPAA rules apply to your new virtual practice and affect how you use email to communicate with clients during the pandemic?...
Getting a functional virtual office up and running takes some time and you might be tempted to take shortcuts such as sending PDFs of your web forms...
Good communication is essential. These forms will help explain your preferences as a practitioner, educate your clients about different methods of...
HIPAA requirements may have been relaxed during the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean you should stop caring about security. With so many clients going...
Do you have questions about your new Hushmail account? We’ve put together this post that’s full of the information you need to get started.
PDFs are here. We’re pleased to announce the most recent update to Hush Secure Forms. Now, when you receive a form submission in your inbox, it will...
We’re going over some extra security features we provide, such as two-step verification, and precautions you can take, such as using a password...
Are you making the most out of your Hushmail account? There may be a few tricks that could take your online forms and emails to the next level. In...
As a healthcare practitioner, how you communicate in your emails is just as important as how you communicate in face-to-face sessions with your...
If you’re like most therapists, one of the first things you did when you set up your practice was to put up a profile on Psychology Today. Did you...
Let’s take a minute to think about when to add an electronic signature field to your web form. Some forms should have an e-signature. Others can go...
Meet Marc, our newest Customer Care Specialist on the Hushmail Customer Care team, here to support our customers and potential customers. From the...
Do you know how to be your authentic self in your private therapy practice? Your practice needs to be an extension of who you are. When it’s aligned...
Hushmail partner Person-Centered Tech regularly offers continuing education courses to help therapists understand the compliance, security, and...
Adding electronic signatures to your HIPAA-compliant web forms is easy with Hush Secure Forms. However, as with any new feature, you might have...
Hushmail aliases are very useful if you want to go incognito when you send or receive emails. But they’re also great for organizing your emails,...
Email spoofing is the act of impersonating a person or institution through their email and is an increasing problem for anyone who uses email to...
Our form builder is an easy-to-use tool that helps you build online forms that meet your HIPAA compliance requirements. However, there are some...
Did you know that you can use your own domain name when you have a Hushmail for Healthcare account? There are several reasons why you might choose...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020, with enforcement beginning in July. Because Hushmail went above and...
Could introducing teletherapy to your clients be the next step for your practice? Hushmail partner TheraPlatform presents five good reasons why...
It’s super easy to use our new feature - e-signatures. All you have to do is drag and drop the signature field onto any form. Learn how to create,...
E-signatures are now available! We’re excited to announce the launch of our brand new feature. By adding e-signatures to our secure web forms, we’re...
Do you ever wish you had an easier time communicating with people? Or maybe there’s someone close to you who has a hard time expressing themselves...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! We could all do with a little refresher course on some of the most pressing challenges, such as...
Did you know that your form’s title is also your form’s default email subject line? Choosing your title carefully can help you manage your email...
We’re confident that you’ll find plenty of ways to use electronic signatures on your web forms. Today we’re going to take a look at a few of the most...
If you’re in the healthcare profession, compassion fatigue can set in when you least expect it. In today’s post, a few of our partners in the...
Is it time to make the shift from traditional fax machine to an online fax service? If so, you can rest assured that Hushmail for Healthcare supports...
Hush Secure Forms provides forms for a wide variety of uses including forms that support practice management, such as contact and intake forms, and...
Running a private practice can be hard work. One thing that can make it much easier is a reliable practice management, or EHR, software that offers...
Pretty soon, you’ll be able to add e-signatures to the web forms you build with Hush Secure Forms. There are many reasons to switch from pen-and-ink...
You don’t need to be a designer to build a great looking web form using Hush Secure Forms, but it helps to know a few design basics so your forms...
Just like your website’s blog, your social media pages also require a steady stream of engaging posts to grow. But where do you start? It’s important...
If you work in the healthcare field, there’s a good possibility that you should be using HIPAA-compliant email and web forms. But what does...
When you join the Hushmail Affiliate Program, we’ll work together to help make your experience as an affiliate a success. We’ve just expanded the...
Announcing our newest addition to the Hush Secure Forms template directory - the GAD-7, a screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder that...
If you’re sending email from your Hushmail account through a personal domain, it’s important that you know about SPF records – what they are, how...
Do you need every email to be encrypted or only some of them? Do you prefer to use email on the web or through third-party email apps? How you answer...
Have you ever considered starting a podcast to support and promote your practice or business? It’s actually not as difficult as you might think, and...
Do you know what to tell your clients if they ask why you use Hushmail? It helps to have a few talking points prepared so you can explain to them why...
What’s the No. 1 reason why you should bring your dental practice forms online? Patient satisfaction. By making appointment request and new patient...
Web forms are easy to build. However, if you’ve never made one before, you might not be aware of some essential requirements as well as a few common...
Hushmail loves bringing on board partners who can help our customers achieve their business goals. Today, we’re introducing our new partner Great...
Dentists are required to protect their patients’ health information and can benefit greatly from Hushmail’s web forms. Dentists also need a modern...
Hushmail for Healthcare is our most popular business account helping healthcare businesses of all sizes fulfill HIPAA requirements for security and...
Meet Paul, one of our Customer Care Specialists. From Dublin, Ireland, when he’s not answering sales questions and helping new customers set up their...
Hush Secure Forms just took your web forms to the next level with beautiful new formatting. Easily review and print your clients’ information in a...
Improving your healthcare practice’s cybersecurity doesn’t have to be an overwhelming endeavor. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Figure 1, a photo- and knowledge-sharing networking site. In today’s post, we take a look at Figure 1 and how the company is facilitating digital...
By helping therapists attract their best fit clients with professionally designed websites, Hushmail Partner Kat Love has found a way to give back to...
Meet Steph, one of our Customer Care Specialists on the Hushmail Customer Care team. Born and bred in Scotland, she’s now a proud resident of...
Hush Secure Forms makes building web forms an easy task with the intuitive drag-and-drop form builder. However, there are a few things you can do...
Do you want to start offering telehealth sessions to your clients but are afraid of getting it wrong? Don’t be intimidated and miss out on the great...
Hushmail for iPhone 1.21 is out just in time for the new year. Updates include improved support for Face ID and iOS 12 and bug fixes. Read up on our...
Hush Secure Forms can be used to create a wide variety of useful forms no matter what business you’re in. Our customers have been using our secure...
It’s time you got to know the Customer Care Team. When you hit a snag creating your signature, need guidance with your web forms, or don’t quite...
SSL certificates are necessary if you want to embed a secure webform on your website. There are myriad other reasons why you want to look into this...
New PIPEDA rules require Canadian businesses to report serious data breaches and keep records of all breaches for two years. Here’s what businesses...
Hush Secure Forms has many features that make it easy for our customers to create customized, HIPAA-compliant web forms. One feature we haven’t...
If you’re a behavioral health student, now is the best time to start looking for the resources that will ease your transition into a full-time...
In this post, we’re going to show you step by step how to create a HIPAA-compliant intake form for a therapy practice by using our New Client...
Encrypted email is a great tool for ensuring HIPAA-compliance, but are you using it correctly? Today’s post suggests six checks to make before you...
The Hush Secure Forms template directory is filling up with popular forms. Coming next: the PHQ-9. We developed a calculated form for this popular...
For many time-strapped practices, HIPAA compliance has become about checking a box, but it should be more than that. In this week’s post, we look at...
Building a secure web form with Hush Secure Forms is easy, but if you’ve never created a form before you might be wondering what to do first. This...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is taking a close look at how online therapy can help patients living in rural areas. In this week’s...
Help us expand our Hush Secure Forms template directory. Hush Secure Forms gives Hushmail for Healthcare customers the ability to build customized,...