[Nfb-web] Creating forms on our web site

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello James,
I'm glad to see you've had a free offer of help, but I'll do whatever I
can to help as well.

First, I want to get into some of the details of HIPAA compliance as
this will be very important to you. You'll need to have a host which is
HIPAA compliant in the least in order to do this. If you are hosting
your own servers, you will need to insure that they are compliant via
the evaluation standards. Unlike PCI compliance however, there's no
governing body apart from the HSS. So in the least you'll need to make
sure that the hosting environment is compliant. You'll also need to read
these standards to insure that you have everything, but you'll need to
start with an SSL certificate, insuring that the content is never
publicly available (protected via user login), insuring that those who
administrate this information. Last but not least, you'll need to look
at caching and other procedures to insure that the data stays protected.
This is something that you can probably dive into and I'm happy to
recommend where needed if you have specific questions. I would suggest,
however that you offload your form entry to another company and/or
service which you've vetted and can insure compliance. It would save you
a great deal of money and would mean less work for you in the longrun.

HTH,
On 11/28/2016 11:12 AM, James Gagnier via NFB-Web wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a quick question pertaining to forms creation for our site, I
> manage the Blind, Inc. website and I want to create several online
> application forms for our programs.  Is there an accessible plugin I could
> use to create these forms in Word Press? And also, I am concerned about
> the information that I need to gather.  I have a secure site, and I need
> to ask some confidential questions pertaining to the health of our
> applicants.  I know I have to be HIPAA compliant in these forms.
> 
> Is there another way of getting the information we need? Any information
> you can give me would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> James Gagnier
> Network Administrator / Webmaster
> Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions, Inc.
> 100 East 22nd St.
> Minneapolis, MN  55404
> Phone: (612) 872-0100
> Fax: (612) 872-9358
> Mobile: 515-890-2253
> jgagnier at blindinc.org
> www.blindinc.org
> 
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