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Publication: EMR & HIPAA It’s one thing to have a laptop stolen with 8,000 patient records or for a disgruntled doctor to grab his patients’ records and start his own practice. It’s another when the Cosa Nostra steals that information, siphons money from the patient’s bank account and turns it into a patient trafficking crime...
Here is a quote from one of our IT partners: My client got physically upset at me when I brought up the topic of HIPAA. They didn’t want to discuss it and said it was just another government regulation and they just want to practice medicine. While I was shocked to hear someone actually say...
Medical Economics has a very interesting and thought provoking article on sending patients text messages. The article is definitely worth reading in its entirety. Here are a few highlights: Any text message that involves the transmission of information that would be considered PHI, including information relating to the treatment of your patients, should be considered...
HIPAA Secure Now!’s Training Program Ensures Employees Understand and Maintain HIPAA Compliance and Security Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) June 23, 2014
Another day, another HIPAA breach of 34,000 patient records on an unencrypted USB drive. The drive was stolen from an employee’s locker at Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center. According to a report: The drive was stolen June 2 from an unlocked employee locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center at 121...
referralMD has a very interesting article and infographic on paper based referrals. They take a look at HIPAA violations as well. Courtesy of: referralMD
A phishing scam that uses Dropbox links to spread malware is being sent to unsuspecting users. The malware makes it seem like the user has received an electronic fax and provides a link to access the file. The file contains a screen saver that encrypts the user’s hard drive and all of its contents. The...
Publication: InformationWeek As office manager of the Fertility Institute of Virginia, Pattie Carson needed to ensure the practice was compliant with laws related to mobile usage, emails, and security. But keeping up with changing laws while running the busy reproductive endocrinology practice was impractical, if not impossible.
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