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Understanding HIPAA

Understanding HIPAA

HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It was created in 1996...

Cybersecurity Tips For Patient Privacy & Healthcare Data Security

Cybersecurity Tips For Patient Privacy & Healthcare Data Security

The shift to remote work has driven patients and practitioners out of the office and directly into the sights of bad actors. From healthcare targeted ransomware to third party vendor and supply chain breaches, let’s look at the biggest threats to your healthcare data security, and ways you can prevent them.

How to Prevent a HIPAA Breach

How to Prevent a HIPAA Breach

Now that telehealth and remote work have become acceptable ways for organizations to continue to see and treat patients, HIPAA compliance has become even more complicated.

Don’t Have an Extra $2 Million Laying Around to Settle a HIPAA Fine? Then Pay Attention to Details and Encrypt Your Mobile Devices!

Don’t Have an Extra $2 Million Laying Around to Settle a HIPAA Fine? Then Pay Attention to Details and Encrypt Your Mobile Devices!

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights has fined two healthcare organizations for potential HIPAA violations resulting from unencrypted stolen laptops. The healthcare organizations received combined fines of nearly $2 million. That’s a fairly huge fine! The OCR is attempting to showcase the importance of mobile device security, however, many…

Healthcare: Time Is Running Out to Complete Your Meaningful Use Risk Assessment.

Healthcare: Time Is Running Out to Complete Your Meaningful Use Risk Assessment.

December 31st is fast approaching and if your healthcare organization hasn’t completed your Meaningful Use Risk Assessment for 2013 you’d better get busy.  If you miss the deadline, you may have to return a full year of EHR (Electronic Health Record) incentive payments. Your EHR or EHR components must meet the standards set by the…