By Art Gross – It’s fast and easy, and you can often work more efficiently with an email exchange than if you must make phone calls or schedule appointments to discuss patient care. But where does that exchange fall when it comes to HIPAA compliance?
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By Matt Fisher – Data are the new currency. That saying has become entrenched as a primary cliche describing the way of the world nowadays. The value of data has become especially true in healthcare. So many see opportunities to be extracted, but what about considerations of privacy and the impact on individuals?
By Art Gross – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or as it is commonly known as HIPAA, was created to set standards nationally. These are in place to protect the personal health information and medical records of individuals as well as give them access easily. As the March 1st deadline for reporting a breach draws closer…
By Devin Partida – Data security is one of the most pressing challenges facing the health care industry today. Medical organizations’ vast amounts of sensitive patient data make them prime targets, and many lack the expertise and tools necessary to protect themselves.
By Art Gross – In simple summary, a Business Associate Agreement is a legal contract that exists between a Covered Entity and a Business Associate who comes into contact with Protected Health Information. Sometimes called a Business Associate Contract, it is critical and required to maintain HIPAA compliance.
By Josh Dunaway – Data breaches, stolen identities, and fraudulent charges are a fact of life in our modern age. For healthcare organizations, protecting patient data is only the beginning. Additional complexity comes in many forms.
By Anthony Murray – Cybersecurity consists of the practices and software utilized to protect data from unauthorized access, as well as from internal vulnerabilities that put data at risk. Healthcare data has become a growing target of cyber-attacks via areas such as digital health records, data sharing and…
By Matt Fisher – A recurring pattern has developed when it comes to data breaches. The first part of the pattern is that healthcare is under constant cyber attacks that challenge security measures while aiming to get access to private and sensitive information within the systems.
By Art Gross – The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule is a requirement put in place that requires HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates to “provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information.”