HIPAA and mHealth: Is Your App Covered?
By Yana Yelina – When it comes to mHealth app development, HIPAA compliance is the first thing a customer wants to hear about the delivered product.
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An Unnecessary Privacy Risk?: Online Nursery Photos
By Matt Fisher – Privacy and security of personal information are topics of constant discussion inside and outside of healthcare. Current events keep the heat on as one or the other never strays very far from headlines.
Curiosity Killed the Healthcare Organization
By Grant Elliott – Was that Lady Gaga in the emergency room? What kind of procedure is my ex having? If you’re a healthcare organization, curiosity is one reason why your employees are a data security threat.
Nothing Comes for Free
By Matt Fisher – Many websites, mobile applications, software solutions and similar solutions are offered for “free.” The services are free from the perspective that there is no cost to acquire or use the service.
HIM Professionals Advocate for Increased Access to Information, Patient Safety
AHIMA called on Congress to support legislation to ensure healthcare professionals have access to their patients’ entire medical history – a move that could help address the opioid crisis in the US while maintaining the privacy and security of patient information.
HIPAA Chat! is Back – Register Now
Don’t miss your chance to ask the expert on HIPAA matters. Register for HIPAA Chat on Wednesday at 2pm ET. Learn the latest on communication with patients by text.
Recent Healthcare Regulations and Guidelines Providers Should Be Aware Of
By Jonathan Nguyen-Duy – Healthcare has long been a regulated space due to the sensitive personal information collected and stored. Top of mind when thinking of healthcare regulations is HIPAA, which provides comprehensive and mandatory standards for ensuring the security and privacy of PHI.
Rocket Pace, But To Where?
By Matt Fisher – Not a day goes by (or many posts on The Pulse Blog) without a discussion of the rapid increase in data breaches impacting the healthcare industry. Information and statistics in this regard are inescapable.
HIPAA & HITRUST: Learning to Walk, Before You Can Run
By Grant Elliott – Are you considering HITRUST but haven’t yet put your HIPAA house in order? That’s similar to starting college when you’ve not yet earned your high school diploma. While both HIPAA and HITRUST share the common goal of protecting healthcare data and personal health information (PHI), they differ in very fundamental ways.