By Matt Fisher – Part of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Security must become more of an essential feature in healthcare. The risk of an attack is ever present and pretty much a guarantee at this point. If an organization has not revealed an attack it either has not detected the intrusion yet or is trying to avoid a negative spotlight by keeping information in the background.
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By Art Gross – A recent investigation by the OCR alleges that several security guards from Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital impermissibly accessed the medical records of 419 individuals. This incident highlights the importance of maintaining strict protocols and vigilant oversight.
By Art Gross – Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, there must be one individual who is identified as the Privacy Officer. What does that mean? Is it a paid job? What are the requirements? Are they the ones who will be accountable in the case of a violation or if a data breach should occur?
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 2:00 pm ET – This presentation brings two industry leaders to the table to discuss changes to HIPAA and how they align or don’t align, with overarching privacy trends, as well as how those changes can be implemented in the health care environment.
By Kayla Matthews – HIPAA is something that should be in the back of every health care professional’s mind. This act protects patient health information (PHI), but in a casual setting such as the home, it can be easy to overlook HIPAA and your responsibility to your patient.
By Art Gross – The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced a settlement with Touchstone Medical Imaging for their potential violations of HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules.
By Tom Gilheany – Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in healthcare. A survey of U.S. physicians by Accenture and the AMA found that 83 percent of physician practices have experienced some form of cyberattack, such as phishing and viruses.
By Lucia Savage JD – Important work to ensure the health system is functioning properly is conducted by a wide variety of entities at the federal, state, and local level.
Significant changes to EHNAC accreditation programs to align with OCR Phase II Protocol, HIPAA privacy and security consistency, DirectTrust’s new release of Certificate and HISP Policies.