HIPAA Compliant Data – Who Can Get to What, and Why
Mike Semel Semel Consulting Before you give your employees HIPAA compliant access to patient data you must do some planning. While it would be easy to give…
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Failed Firewall the Latest HIPAA Penalty
400,000 reasons to check your network security. Mike Semel Semel Consulting Want to avoid a HIPAA penalty? Do you know… what a firewall is? the…
HIPAA Compliant Emails: Myths and Facts
By Mike Semel Understand What Constitutes HIPAA Compliant E-mail Every day I get questions about HIPAA compliant e-mail, and many days I see or hear…
HIPAA Data Breach: Protect your data storage devices, backups, and train your staff
Don’t Join the HIPAA Data Breach ‘Wall of Shame’ Mike Semel Semel Consulting In compliance with the HIPAA Data Breach Notification Rule, more than 570 HIPAA data breaches…
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Goes Into Effect
HIPAA Omnibus Effective Today The final HIPAA Omnibus rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information, and strengthens…
Turn Your HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Around
HIPAA Security Rule Can No Longer Be Ignored By Mike Semel, Semel Consulting Health care organizations that have ignored the HIPAA Security Rule; businesses that…
Strengthening Your HIPAA Business Associate Chain
You aren’t alone in protecting patient data Electronic data has created the opportunity to lose thousands of patient records in just a few seconds. Enforcement…
HIPAA Doesn’t Require Data Encryption, But You Should
Data Encryption Saves Millions in HIPAA Breach Penalties Mike Semel, HIT Security Every time there is a HIPAA data breach penalty for a lost laptop or hard…