Office Privacy Practices...please read
Download: HIPPA Notification
Please click and open the above link before signing the NPP on the next page
Notice of Privacy Practices - Please Read and Sign the NPP form on the next page; If you want a copy of the Notice you can ask me and I will email it to you.. If you need any explanations about the content of the form, just let me know and I will answer your questions to the best of my ability. Carol Paras, M.D. P.A. - Privacy Agent for the Practice is Carol Paras, M.D.
Email- You will be asked to sign a consent for email usage. Email is used rarely, but you may want to use it to send in your registration forms as this is very confidential info. The easiest way to assure that your email is encrypted is to set up a proton mail account. I have one and proton to proton on a mac is highly secure and encrypted. This is from the proton mail site.
PGP is a proven method of protecting email communication with end-to-end encryption(new window)(which prevents emails from being read by any third parties, including your email provider). Historically, PGP was difficult to use, and impossible for most users to set up and regularly use for their own email communications.
We have built Proton Mail with PGP fully integrated, so you don’t need to take any additional steps to use PGP encryption. With Proton Mail, anyone can use PGP regardless of their technical knowledge.
All messages between Proton Mail users are automatically end-to-end encrypted. Additionally, all messages in Proton Mail inboxes are protected with PGP encryption to prevent us (or anyone else) from reading or sharing your emails, a concept known as zero-access encryption(new window).
Proton Mail can also be used to communicate with external email accounts without end-to-end encryption. While we store your emails in an encrypted format on our servers, the external email provider of the person you are emailing might have access to the emails you send. To provide end-to-end encryption between Proton Mail and external email providers, Proton Mail provides two options: Password-protected Emails(new window) and PGP encryption.
In the future I may add the password protected feature but now I do not have it.
Text Messages - are not encrypted yet, although apple products are the most secure, and I use apple products. More info to follow. It is best to not text anything serious or highly confidential. Leave a voicemail instead at 561-504-0490.
I will text you, if you give consent, about appointments and minor matters; Do put my number in your phone for ease of identification.