FaxTalk works much like a standard analogue telephone based fax machine in your office but has advanced capabilities such as automatic forwarding of faxes via e-mail, automatic printing, long term viewing and storage etc. HIPAA compliance requires that you have appropriate security safeguards in place that are administrative, technical, and physical in nature. For example, the physician should use policies and procedures that require office staff to verify the recipient's fax number and use a cover sheet that does not include protected health information or when automatically printing received faxes, they are in a secure physical location. For HIPAA compliance with FaxTalk, you should use a standard analogue telephone line connected to a fax modem or use an internet T.38 fax real-time service that does not store, view or forward your faxes. You should also not automatically or manually forward any protected health information via e-mail unless using a HIPAA secured method of transmission. Using internet based/VoIP transmission of protected health information that is routed via a third-party may not be considered HIPAA compliant, so verify if using such as service would not violate HIPAA