This month a memo went out from the White House and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) to industry leaders that emphasized the threat posed by ransomware within their businesses as well as emphasizing just how important it was to the current administration to prioritize the awareness. The memo also is putting the responsibility on the...
Whether you choose to get a vaccine for COVID-19, it is your decision. We aren’t here to provide personal medical guidance or tell you what is right for you. But with regard to informing you about the healthcare landscape, well, that’s part of our program here at HIPAA Secure Now. And we would be remiss...
Your patients arrive in your office with injuries and ailments that threaten their health. You review the situation and prescribe a plan of action and perhaps medication that will remedy the situation at best and alleviate pain or risk as well. You give them a prescription for health. Because that’s what you do. When...
In our blog earlier this year that provided an overview of 2009’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act) we discussed how this was designed to promote the use of electronic health records (EHR) within the healthcare system and its providers. As is with most things, time goes on and often reveals...
The Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that could be substantial. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposal stated it was to “remove barriers to, coordinated care and individual engagement” and was issued last week. Addressing standards of the rule may limit and/or discourage care...
We’re halfway through this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month and never has it been more important to make sure that you are informed and making smart cyber choices in both your personal and professional life. With the pandemic providing cybercriminals ample opportunity to take advantage of our uncertainties in many aspects, and with online activity through...
You walk into your healthcare provider’s office and are usually handed a clipboard with papers that need to be filled out, updated, and wrapped up with your signature. We mindlessly take our task to the nearest seat and complete, sign, initial, and update whatever we’ve been given. This information goes into our file and continues...
COVID-19 has ushered in the mass acceptance of telehealth, with so much optimism and excitement around the technology. But like many new technologies, the initial use is rushed and not well thought out with many providers trying to figure out the right technology, best practices, and optimal patient experience. We have seen temporary waivers to...
Mask Mandate Whatever your opinion is of wearing, or not wearing a mask, there are in increasing number of mandates being put in place by governments or independent establishments in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This mask mandate means that most people over a certain age need to have their face covered,...
A year of credit monitoring along with identity theft monitoring services. That’s what most of us settle for when we find out that our personal data has been compromised. We are alerted, we change our password, we read the letter that offers these services and may or may not sign up for them. Some individuals...
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