Health IT Security and Compliance


Preparing for a Cyberattack

By Matt Fisher – When will a healthcare organization suffer its first or next cyberattack? The phrasing of that question is intentional because reality has certainly moved into the “it’s a matter of when” phase and the “if” option is gone. Given that an attack needs to be expected, what is occurring to enable a ready to go response?





Ending with a Whimper

By Matt Fisher -The so far long and tangled path for tracking technology and HIPAA in healthcare appears it will end with a whimper. It is being reported that the federal Department of Health and Human Services dropped its appeal of the decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas…



More Delayed Access

By Matthew Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights continues to dig into reports about delayed access to records by covered entities. The initial flurry of resolutions from many years ago now has not necessarily resulted in a significant change of behavior, which is frankly a bit surprising.