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...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has some great resources to help healthcare organizations ensure privacy and security of health information. Privacy & Security Training Games ONC has a very good privacy and security training game. The game gives real life scenarios and has the player make privacy and security...
Big HIPAA penalties and fines make great news headlines. Recently the managed care company WellPoint Inc. agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to settle potential HIPAA violations. False sense of security Large fines make headlines and show that violating HIPAA regulations can be very expensive. Unfortunately it can have an opposite effect as well....
We have previously written about the risk of business associates (BAs) to patient information here and here. Now we have another large data breach caused by a hospital’s business associate. An article over at the Star Telegram goes into the details. A contractor for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth failed to destroy hundreds...
Recently we wrote about gang members stealing patient information and filing false tax returns and we wrote about meth dealers stealing patient information to obtain the materials to manufacture methamphetamine. Once again a there is a case where a hospital employee is accused of stealing patient information and selling it in exchange for crack cocaine....
We have written about various HIPAA breaches but this breach is much easier to identify with. An article over at The Tampa Bay Times explains how a patient’s secret was exposed by a relative that was snooping in an EHR. Not only did the relative access her family member’s records inappropriately but she breached her...
We wrote about the risks of Business Associates (BAs) to patient information. The reality is many Business Associates have no idea of the requirements of HIPAA or the real risks to patient information. And even though all Business Associates will be responsible for complying with the HIPAA Security and Omnibus rules come September that may...
There is a very good article over at HealthData Management called Want to Impress OCR During a HIPAA Audit? Write a Book The author discusses the benefits of creating a “Book of Evidence” that your organization is in HIPAA compliance if you were to get audited by the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Creating...
In a very interesting article titled Why Gang Members Want Your Identity Fox Business News reporter Kate Rogers examines a disturbing trend of stealing electronic patient records and using them to commit crimes. Gang members are stealing patient records and using them to file false tax returns. Detective Craig Catlin of the North Miami Beach...
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