About The AcuBase Pro Log File

Within the AcuBase Pro folder on your computer is a Log File. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that billing and practice management software have controls over who can use and view health-related data, as well as auditing what changes have been made to the data and by whom. AcuBase does this in the Patients section by requiring users to click on an “Edit” button, which allows access to edit fields, but also writes changes to a log file that can be reviewed at any time. The Log File keeps track of changes made to the Patient data in the program, and those changes can be viewed in detail by opening (double-clicking) on the Log File. You may wish to back up this file every so often (say, once a month) and delete all records within it so that the file does not get too large.