HIPAA
HHS: HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures
June 01, 2011 Added by:Rebecca Herold
Covered entities and business associates would need to account for disclosures of PHI in electronic health records that are part of a designated record set for treatment, payment and health care operations in addition to the existing requirements for accounting for access to PHI...
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HIPAA HITECH Breach by a Small Practice: Actual Experience
May 17, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
A HIPAA HITECH breach caused by an office burglary resulted in a letter from OCR demanding a large amount of information in a very short time frame. Below are actual quotes from the OCR letter that are as scary as an IRS audit letter...
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Threats to Personal Health Information
May 14, 2011 Added by:Danny Lieberman
Humans are naturally curious and always worried when it comes to the health condition of friends and family. HIPAA risk and compliance assessments at hospitals in Israel, the US and Australia consistently show that the number one attack vector on PHI is friends and family, not hackers...
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HIPAA HITECH and Your Business Associates
May 09, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
As part of the webinar series "HIPAA HITECH Compliance for Smarties" we will be presenting a step by step process employing cloud computing to help covered entities set up a program to manage the HIPAA HITECH compliance of their business associates cost effectively and efficiently...
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HIPAA HITECH Compliance: No Substitute for Experience
May 03, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Whether you are a large enterprise looking to manage hundreds of internal business units, a business associate looking to provide proof of compliance, or a very small sub-contractor, a comprehensive privacy and information security program is needed to meet HIPAA HITECH compliance...
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Physician Learns A Hard PHI Lesson
April 20, 2011 Added by:Rebecca Herold
What is important to point out about this case is that the doctor described the patient’s injuries in such a way that an unauthorized third party would be able to identify the person described, even though the doctor did not include any of the 18 specifically-named PHI items...
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HIPAA-HITECH Compliance Free Webinar Series
April 12, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
We held the first HIPAA-HITECH Compliance webinar on April 6 with gratifying results. A smart, interested group registered, attended, and asked great questions. This has encouraged us to continue the series. Space is limited for these FREE webinars, so reserve your seat now...
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Health Net Incident Impacts 1.9 Million: Lessons Learned
April 07, 2011 Added by:Rebecca Herold
Health Net is clearly stating that IBM is responsible for the breach. Guess what? When you outsource business activities to a third party, you do not outsource your responsibility. What was Health Net doing to ensure, on an ongoing basis, that IBM had appropriate safeguards in place?
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Disruptive Innovation in HIPAA HITECH Compliance
April 01, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Healthcare needs disruptive innovation. HIPAA HITECH provides an opportunity to profoundly change information security and privacy by bringing millions of new participants into the picture. HHS estimates that 1-2 million business associates need to become HIPAA HITECH compliant...
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Webinar: HIPAA - HITECH Compliance for Smarties
March 28, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Free Webinar: The key to successful compliance is having a clear step by step process, templated policies, procedures and forms, and having a personal privacy and security expert assigned to help you through the process. Delivering all this through cloud computing makes it cost effective...
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HIPAA - HITECH Compliance: Avoid the Wall of Shame
March 24, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Free Webinar on HIPAA and HITECH Compliance: Join us to find out how easy it can be to take your practice from zero to compliant with our easy-to-use online system that combines all the pre-drafted policies, procedures and forms you need plus assistance from a HIPAA compliance expert..
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Webinar: Can Cloud Computing Enhance HIPAA Compliance?
March 20, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Free Webinar: Rebecca Herold, recently voted the #3 Best Privacy Advisor in the world, and Jack Anderson, CEO of Compliance Helper, will discuss a new use of cloud computing, or Software as a Service (SaaS) to enhance compliance and improve security and privacy...
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Auditors: Prepare for the "Year of Healthcare Privacy"
March 03, 2011 Added by:Rebecca Herold
Most of the lawyers and regulatory analysts I’ve spoken with have indicated that they anticipate most, if not all, of the proposed changes will be enacted into the Final Rule as law by the end of March 2011. Many changes will result, and eight areas will be significantly impacted...
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Can Cloud Computing Enhance Compliance?
February 27, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
Rebecca Herold, recently voted the #3 Best Privacy Advisor in the world and Jack Anderson, CEO of Compliance Helper discuss a new use of cloud computing, or Software as a Service (SaaS) to enhance compliance and improve security and privacy...
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RSA: Steve Hall - "The True Cost of Compliance"
February 16, 2011
Anthony M. Freed interviews Steve Hall from TripWire. We appreciate Steve taking the time to share with us the highlights of the "The True Cost of Compliance" report, the first real benchmark study that illustrates the value of compliance over inaction that is backed up by hard data.
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Doctors and Patients Want EMR and Privacy Protection
February 14, 2011 Added by:Jack Anderson
One hopes and believes that with the Senate and the President protecting HITECH that we have at least until 2013 to implement what I feel is the most important program in healthcare today. If your goal is to improve patient care and reduce cost, nothing will have more impact than HITECH...
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