An article over at eWEEK takes a look at the Community Health Systems’ (CHS) 4.5 million patient record breach. The message of the article is that the healthcare industry spends the least on protecting data and is the most susceptible to data breaches. Some highlights of the article include: The health care industry has given...
A prospective client asked for our help after receiving a HIPAA audit letter from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). OCR sent the client the letter after one of the client’s business associates experienced a HIPAA related breach. I won’t give any additional information on the client, the business associate or details of the security...
Morristown, NJw (PRWEB) August 21, 2014 HIPAA Secure Now! rolled out its EHR (electronic health records) partnership program, making it possible for EHR vendors to now offer their customers a HIPAA security risk assessment, a vital requirement for achieving meaningful use. HIPAA Secure Now! provides risk analysis services, policies, procedures and training to medical practices...
There is an insightful article over at WonderHowTo written by an IT security professional and forensic investigator. The article looks at ways to prevent hackers from accessing important information online. Specifically the article focuses on how to create strong passwords that will reduce the likeliness that your account will be hacked. All passwords can be...
The following is a guest post by Asaf Cidon, CEO and co-founder of Sookasa Healthcare providers across the country are quickly learning how useful cloud-based file-sharing services like Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive can be. These services allow practitioners to store documents in the cloud, share them with other users, and automatically synchronize the latest...
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Physicians Practice. July 28, 2014 | Law & Malpractice, Mobile, Patient Relations, Risk Management By Shelly K. Schwartz Patients prefer it. Medicare’s meaningful use program requires it. And within a few years, health information technology analysts predict that electronic communication will be par for the...
Publication: Medical Practice Insider Try as they may, small practices are having a hard time running HIPAA’s gamut between compliance and security.Of course, when the source material is so dense and with technical support hard to come by, who could blame them? Certainly not Art Gross.
The Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has a frequently asked questions document (PDF) on the disposal of protected health information (PHI). Below are some of the highlights of the guidance: What do the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require of covered entities when they dispose of protected health...
Publication: Physicians Practice Patients prefer it. Medicare’s meaningful use program requires it. And within a few years, health information technology analysts predict that electronic communication will be par for the course in delivering patient care. Indeed, mobile devices and Web-based technology have provided new platforms to market your practice, transmit medical records, consult with other...
Hot off the American Medical Association (AMA) Wire, a service that provides news and information to AMA members, is a reminder that the HIPAA audits will resume this year. The AMA Wire reminds members that the HIPAA audits will start as early as this summer If you haven’t conducted a privacy and security risk assessment...
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