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Here is a secret that compliance experts have known for a long time: It is very difficult to be 100% compliant with HIPAA regulations Of course, you have probably seen claims like these: Buy our product and we will make you HIPAA compliant Compliance in a box! Be HIPAA compliant in 30 days! Snake oil...
Chicago based Advocate Medical Group announced that a burglary at their administrative office has resulted in a breach of 4 million patient records. Immediately after discovering that four computers were stolen, that same day, the Park Ridge Police Department was notified. AMG then launched an investigation and discovered that while the computers did not contain...
Steve Thom wrote an interesting article called Trendjacking threats are a growing concern. Trendjacking is a refined phishing scam. Thom defines the term Trendjacking as: The term is “Trendjacking”, and it refers to spammers and malware authors using current trends to trick you into opening malicious email messages. Trendjacking scams are emails that come from...
When people think of HIPAA breaches a lot of times they think of hackers breaking into a network and stealing patient information. While that is a real concern, another cause of breaches should not be ignored. What is the other cause of breaches you should be concern with? Your employees. Employees cause HIPAA breaches. In...
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Enforcement Countdown [framed_box bgColor=”#d5d5d5″ textColor=”#BC1310″ rounded=”true”] HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule enforcement begins on September 23, 2013 [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”09/23/2013″] Eastern Standard Time [/framed_box] Are you ready? (Click on the links below for more information) Covered Entities Have you performed a Risk Assessment? Have you provided HIPAA security training for all employees? Do you...
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