Compliance
What are the consequences of violating HIPAA?
A single HIPAA mistake could cost you time, money, or even your reputation. Are you prepared to handle a potential violation?
Compliance
What are the consequences of violating HIPAA?
A single HIPAA mistake could cost you time, money, or even your reputation. Are you prepared to handle a potential violation?
20 Quick Time-Saving Tips For Your Private Practice
Feel like you're drowning in paperwork, emails, and forms? 😬
Download 20 quick tips to help you spend less time on admin and more time helping your clients!
Bonus: We'll send you our time-saving crash course to save 5 hours/week from admin with tips, templates, a checklist, a discount, & more.
Email
How Hushmail secure emails work
Want to know how Hushmail’s secure emails work and what they look like to clients? Read this article for a behind-the-scenes look at what clients...
Compliance
Mastering HIPAA email rules: Avoid these 9 mistakes
9 email errors that could put your HIPAA compliance at risk, plus what the HIPAA rules say about email.
Compliance
HIPAA technical safeguards explained for your small practice
This guide simplifies HIPAA technical safeguards with easy-to-implement steps for small practices.
Compliance
VPNs and HIPAA compliance for small healthcare practices
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.
Forms
Online forms explained: FAQs and insights into Hush™ Secure Forms
Read this guide for answers to all your questions on using online forms in a small healthcare practice.
Compliance
HIPAA Questions and Answers: A Guide for Small Healthcare Practices
Get clear answers to your top HIPAA questions about email, web forms, telehealth, and more. No jargon, just easy-to-understand guidance.
Compliance
How to leave and receive HIPAA-compliant voicemails (with script)
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.
Practice management
How to Use Email Templates in Hushmail
Everything you need to get started with Hushmail’s email templates, designed to save you valuable time and effort.
Compliance
Incidental Disclosures and HIPAA: A Guide for Small Practices
This guide clarifies HIPAA incidental disclosures for small healthcare practices and outlines actionable tips to help prevent incidental disclosures.
Forms
How to get an NPI endpoint with Hush™ Secure Forms
Confused about endpoints in your NPI application? Learn what they are and how to quickly get one using Hush™ Secure Forms.
Practice management
3 great reasons to use email templates in your healthcare practice
Writing the same emails over and over? Learn how to use templates to save time, reduce errors, and email like a pro.
Practice management
Must-have email templates for your small healthcare practice
Send professional and helpful client emails with these free templates in record time.
Compliance
HIPAA Security Rule updates: What it means for small healthcare practices
Get ahead of the HIPAA Security Rule updates! This non-intimidating guide is for small healthcare practices looking for an actionable plan.
Practice management
4 reasons to use secure email (even if you have EHR messaging)
Got direct messaging through your EHR? Don’t think you need secure email? Think again. Secure email has benefits you may not have considered.
Compliance
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP): What Small Healthcare Practices Need to Know
Confused about Notice of Privacy Practices (NPPs) for your small practice? Our guide breaks it down and shows you how to get it right.
Forms
How one family doctor recovered precious time with Hush™ Secure Forms
Dr. Azurin knew his family’s medical practice could work more efficiently. That’s why he started using Hush™ Secure Forms.
Practice management
Managing Hushmail client records during retirement and beyond
Retiring? Prep your Hushmail account for future record requests. Take these simple steps for compliance and peace of mind.
Practice management
Dr. Littleton wanted more privacy but couldn’t lose years of archived emails
He was the new clinician, but that didn’t stop him from managing a challenging transition to secure email.
Forms
5 ways to use Hush™ Secure Forms (even if you have an EHR)
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...
Forms
How Hush™ Secure Forms can be a HIPAA-compliant substitute for fax
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...
Compliance
How to do your HIPAA risk assessment (with template)
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...
Email
Emails bouncing back or going to spam? Here’s how to fix it
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...
Compliance
Is Google Drive HIPAA compliant?
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.
Email
The Best HIPAA-Compliant Email Providers For Small Practices
HIPAA-compliant email providers to keep client messages and information secure. Find the best solution for your needs and budget with our detailed...
Compliance
What is the HIPAA Wall of Shame (and how to avoid it)
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...
Forms
Dr. Walker’s work as a trauma center therapist was exhausting. Then, Hushmail helped her go virtual.
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...
Practice management
What your clients experience when you send an encrypted email or web form
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...
Forms
5 HIPAA-compliant form builders compared for your small practice
We’re comparing five of the most popular HIPAA-compliant form builders so you can find the best one for your small practice.
Compliance
2023 HIPAA updates that will affect your small healthcare 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.
Practice management
Can I send a HIPAA-compliant fax?
Do you need to send faxes in your practice? We’ll tell you how you can ensure that they’re secure and HIPAA compliant.
Practice management
Is texting HIPAA compliant?
In your healthcare practice you have to make sure that every form of communication is HIPAA compliant. Texting is no exception.
Forms
Anne was committed to using paper forms… until she had no choice
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...
Forms
Free therapy intake form template and best practices
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...
Compliance
Do HIPAA email disclaimers work?
Think a HIPAA email disclaimer makes you HIPAA compliant? Think again. Disclaimers won’t prevent fines and investigations.
Practice management
5 unintentional HIPAA violations that might surprise you
We’ve researched five surprising HIPAA violations you might not know about and how to avoid them.
HIPAA
Is DocuSign HIPAA compliant?
Find out if DocuSign is HIPAA compliant and a good option for small to medium-sized healthcare practices.
Forms
Is Adobe Sign HIPAA compliant? Yes, but…
Moving your practice forms online? Let’s find out if Adobe Sign is a good way to get them signed.
Compliance
A guide to secure, compliant email for healthcare practitioners in Canada
Do your practice emails and web forms comply with Canadian privacy laws? Follow three recommendations to ensure they do.
Compliance
Is Outlook HIPAA compliant?
Want to use Outlook in your practice? We’ll show you how to do it with our HIPAA-compliant Outlook guide.
Forms
Is Google Forms HIPAA compliant?
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.
Compliance
Do you need a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)?
If you're a healthcare practitioner, you probably need business associate agreements (BAAs) with service providers like email, telehealth, and your...
Mental health
A non-intimidating guide to HIPAA-compliant email for therapists
Everything you need to know about HIPAA-compliant email and how to choose a secure email service for your therapy practice.
Compliance
No Surprises Act Summary: what your small healthcare practice must do
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...
Practice management
Is Gmail HIPAA compliant? Potentially…
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...
Compliance
Optimistic resolutions for a successful New Year
These resolutions will help keep your account and practice running smoothly so you can tackle the New Year with confidence and optimism.
Forms
Looking ahead to 2022
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.
Forms
Wrapping up 2021
As we wrap up another year, we have an opportunity to look back and take stock of what we’ve accomplished in 2021.
Forms
Why you need an email account that’s just for healthcare
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...
Practice management
What’s in a name? Choosing your Hushmail email address.
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...
Mental health
This Thanksgiving, let's remember why we do what we do
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...
Mental health
Struggling with burnout? Get back on track with these Black Friday deals.
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.
Forms
In observance of Remembrance Day and Veterans Day: caring for our veterans
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...
Forms
Find your best-fit clients and improve your practice management
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...
Forms
Depression and other mental health screening is easy with Hushmail questionnaires
National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month gives practitioners, clients, and community members the opportunity to focus their attention on...
Forms
Want more time with your clients? Streamline your admin with web forms.
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.
Practice management
Do you know what to do if you have a data breach?
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.
Forms
Screen for anxiety with our SCARED and SCAARED self-administered questionnaires
Use our SCARED and SCAARED self-administered questionnaires to screen for anxiety disorders in children and adults.
Forms
What to do when you aren’t getting your client's intake forms
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...
Forms
Make a secure fillable online form in minutes
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...
Forms
How Hushmail can help when someone won’t go to therapy
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...
Practice management
How to use Hushmail with your favorite email app
You don’t have to give up your email app to use Hushmail. Learn how Hushmail encryption carries over to your favorite app.
Practice management
Take control of your Hushmail inbox in 4 simple steps
Learn how to organize your Hushmail inbox with these helpful tips from Organize and Thrive, LLC.
Forms
Resume in-person sessions with a new APA Informed Consent form
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 management
How to increase your chances of clean claim processing
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...
Forms
A dedicated team for new Hushmail for Healthcare customers
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...
Forms
Create forms for SOAP, DAP, and process notes in Hush™ Secure Forms
Here’s how you can create a HIPAA-compliant, efficient note-taking system using Hush Secure Forms.
Customer care
Meet the team: Jonathan, Customer Care Specialist
Meet our new Customer Care Specialist – Jonathan. Residing in Saint John, New Brunswick, he's Hushmail's newest East Coast team member.
Considering Google Workspace for your secure email and web forms? Consider this...
Hushmail provides three things you won’t get with Google that go a long way toward making your practice management easier and more efficient.
Forms
What’s conditional logic? Here’s how to easily make your web forms smart.
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...
Forms
Demonstrate the validity of your e-signed Hushmail form
The signatures you collect on your forms are as legally binding as handwritten ones. Here’s how you can demonstrate the authenticity of your...
Practice management
What happens when a HIPAA complaint is filed against you
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...
Is your virtual healthcare practice the best it can be?
What started out as a necessary transition during the pandemic-driven lockdowns has turned into an economical and convenient option for providing...
What a well-designed website with forms can do for your practice
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...
Forms
Why you should never send your clients PDF forms to fill out
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.
Why you should turn two-step verification on today
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...
Forms
FAQs about Hushmail email and web forms
We’re answering some of the most common questions we receive from both new and long-time Hushmail customers.
Forms
Supporting Mental Health Awareness with digital PHQ-9, PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, and other self-administered questionnaires
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We’re proud to provide therapists with digital self-administered questionnaires like the PHQ-9 and PTSD...
Practice management
HIPAA and your private practice: the bare minimum you need to know
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.
Top 6 Hushmail email management tips
You can control how you manage your Hushmail email. Here are some tips that will help you customize your secure email experience.
In healthcare? Be sure to comply with the Information Blocking Rule on April 5.
We’re shedding some light on the Information Blocking Rule, who’s affected, and what you need to do before April 5.
Forms
New AUDIT self-administered questionnaire to screen for alcohol use disorders
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is the newest addition to our web form template directory. We’re giving you all the information...
We’re not just email but also web forms, body charts, e-signatures, and much more!
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...
Forms
Create a CBT homework form using body charts, conditional visibility, and repeaters
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...
Forms
New PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) calculated form
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...
Forms
Set up your intake forms in 10 minutes or less using our templates
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...
Forms
New body charts and intake forms for chiropractors, physical therapists, and more
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...
Privacy vs. security
While “privacy” and “security” might occasionally be used interchangeably, the terms have very different meanings. If you’re a healthcare...
HIPAA tips: understanding risk analysis and risk management
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.
Practice management
HIPAA tips: are you correctly informing your clients of their rights?
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...
What you need to know about HIPAA in 2021
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...
Compliance
Can security and functionality coexist in your practice?
Security and functionality are intrinsically linked. The most secure way of doing something can also be the most functional, as long as you keep...
Holiday gift ideas for your colleagues and other therapists in your life
Let’s celebrate the holidays! We’re listing some of our favorite gifts to give to your colleagues and other therapists in your life.
Forms
Find your best-fit client using a secure contact form
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...
Forms
How to put a secure contact form on your practice website
One of the simplest ways to ensure immediate, secure contact is by putting a secure contact form on your website.
Templates and examples to kickstart your web forms
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 to use Hushmail encryption to support your virtual practice
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...
5 tips to strengthen the cybersecurity of your virtual office
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a perfect time to make these five important security checks.
Compliance
Is your new virtual practice secure? Conduct a risk assessment.
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.
Forms
Customer success story: Licensed Professional Counselor embraces technology and doesn't go back
Our newest customer success story explores how Carol Park, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Dietitian, is managing her practice...
5 housekeeping tasks for your Hushmail account
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...
Forms
5 questions to ask when you want a better, more efficient web form
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...
Forms
3 ways to give your web form to your clients
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...
Do you need to be HIPAA compliant?
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...
Forms
Customize our 3 most popular web form templates
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...
Forms
Advanced techniques for using conditional visibility in web forms
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...
Forms
How to build a complete, dynamic web form
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...
Using field conditions in your web form
Hush Secure Forms just got even better. Fields now show up according to preset conditions. This means your clients will receive a personalized...
The right and wrong way to respond to patient reviews
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...
The importance of self-care during a pandemic
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...
Use forwarding addresses with your own domain to manage your email
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...
Valuable tools to screen for depression, anxiety, and stress
Monitoring clients for increased depression, anxiety, and stress is more important now than ever. Screenings are inexpensive, readily available tools...
Customer success story: improving efficiency during a pandemic
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...
Forms
Partner post: creating a user-friendly dental website
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...
Share your forms with your colleagues
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...
Staying connected during COVID-19
Hushmail’s Jarred Bolen joined Dr. Neil Gajjar for a comprehensive webinar provided by the Academy of General Dentistry to help dental practices stay...
Forms
Customer success story: safely reopening with Hush™ Secure Forms
We’re presenting a customer case study that explores how dentist Dr. Neil Gajjar safely continued providing emergency care at the height of the...
Reduce contact in your waiting room with web forms
Whether you have an optometry, dental, counseling, or other healthcare practice, you’re likely considering how you can safely reopen. Web forms can...
Not just HIPAA. Hushmail complies with GDPR, PIPEDA, and others.
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...
Clients not getting your emails? It's time to create an SPF record.
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...
HIPAA rules and how they apply during the pandemic
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?...
Forms
Still sending your clients PDFs to sign? There’s a better way.
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...
3 web forms to set communication expectations with your clients
Good communication is essential. These forms will help explain your preferences as a practitioner, educate your clients about different methods of...
Security still matters during a pandemic
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...
Forms
Resources to help get you started with your Hushmail account
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.
New feature: form PDFs you can upload to your EHR
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...
4 security measures you might not be taking, but maybe you should
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...
8 Hushmail email and web form building hacks
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...
Managing email expectations in your healthcare practice
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...
Forms
Make your Psychology Today profile even better with Hush™ Secure Forms
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...
Practice forms your clients should e-sign
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 the team: Marc, Customer Care Specialist
Meet Marc, our newest Customer Care Specialist on the Hushmail Customer Care team, here to support our customers and potential customers. From the...
Practice management
Partner post: building a successful private practice starts with you
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...
Mental health
Partner post: how to choose the best CE courses for you and your practice
Hushmail partner Person-Centered Tech regularly offers continuing education courses to help therapists understand the compliance, security, and...
Frequently asked questions about Hushmail electronic signatures
Adding electronic signatures to your HIPAA-compliant web forms is easy with Hush Secure Forms. However, as with any new feature, you might have...
Resolve to organize your emails with Hushmail aliases
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,...
What you need to know about spoofing
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...
5 things not to do when you build your online forms
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...
You can use your own domain with Hushmail
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...
California's new privacy legislation - what you need to know about the CCPA
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020, with enforcement beginning in July. Because Hushmail went above and...
Mental health
Partner post: 5 reasons to consider adding teletherapy to your practice
Could introducing teletherapy to your clients be the next step for your practice? Hushmail partner TheraPlatform presents five good reasons why...
Our new electronic signatures - a how-to guide
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,...
New feature: e-signatures now available!
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...
Mental health
Partner post: improve your communication skills with Describe Cards
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...
Celebrating National Cybersecurity Awareness Month - 5 tips to keep you safe
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! We could all do with a little refresher course on some of the most pressing challenges, such as...
3 things to consider when choosing a web form title
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...
What forms will you use with electronic signatures?
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...
Mental health
Partner post: how to combat compassion fatigue
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...
Support your HIPAA-compliant faxes with Hushmail for Healthcare
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...
Secure forms to manage your office and care for your clients
Hush Secure Forms provides forms for a wide variety of uses including forms that support practice management, such as contact and intake forms, and...
Mental health
Partner post: do you need a practice management software for your private practice?
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...
Why it’s time to switch to e-signatures
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...
3 tips for designing a web form that reflects your practice
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...
Mental health
Partner post: how to manage your social media
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...
Do you need HIPAA-compliant email? A helpful Q&A.
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...
Our affiliate program now accommodates all business accounts
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...
Forms
GAD-7 now available in the Hush™ Secure Forms template directory
Announcing our newest addition to the Hush Secure Forms template directory - the GAD-7, a screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder that...
Make sure your emails get through with SPF records
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...
Understanding your Hushmail encryption options
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...
Mental health
Partner post: 5 tips for starting a podcast that will help you grow your practice
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...
When your clients ask ‘why Hushmail?’
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...
The No. 1 reason why every dentist needs online appointment and new patient forms
What’s the No. 1 reason why you should bring your dental practice forms online? Patient satisfaction. By making appointment request and new patient...
9 essential form building tips
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...
Forms
Introducing new partner Great Dental Websites
Hushmail loves bringing on board partners who can help our customers achieve their business goals. Today, we’re introducing our new partner Great...
Practice management
Partner post: your dental website is the hub of your marketing: 5 tips to do it right
Dentists are required to protect their patients’ health information and can benefit greatly from Hushmail’s web forms. Dentists also need a modern...
Which Hushmail for Business account is right for you?
Hushmail for Healthcare is our most popular business account helping healthcare businesses of all sizes fulfill HIPAA requirements for security and...
Meet the team: Paul, Customer Care Specialist
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...
Forms
Hush™ Secure Forms offers new easy-to-print form submissions
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...
The HHS cybersecurity report that will help you protect your clients’ information
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 app for doctors, facilitates large-scale medical collaboration
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...
Mental health
Partner post: 5 tips for creating a therapist website in the new year
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 the team: Steph, Customer Care and Billing Specialist
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...
Take your secure web form to the next level with advanced tips
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...
Mental health
Partner post: telehealth mistakes to avoid
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 available for the new year
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...
3 web forms you'll want to copy for your practice
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...
Meet the team: Chris, Customer Care Manager
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...
Mental health
Partner post: why you need a secure website now
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 Canadian rules provide for mandatory breach reporting and record keeping
New PIPEDA rules require Canadian businesses to report serious data breaches and keep records of all breaches for two years. Here’s what businesses...
How to embed a secure web form into your website
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...
Partners
Partner post: Hushmail partners help students prepare for the professional world
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...
Build a customized secure web form using a template
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...
6 essential checks to ensure your encrypted email is HIPAA compliant
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...
Forms
PHQ-9, the newest addition to our Hush™ Secure Forms template directory
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...
Four reasons why patient privacy is more than checking a box
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...
Forms
A quick start guide to Hush™ Secure Forms
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...
Telehealth may be the answer for patients in rural areas
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...
Forms
Help us with our Hush™ Secure Forms template directory
Help us expand our Hush Secure Forms template directory. Hush Secure Forms gives Hushmail for Healthcare customers the ability to build customized,...