Lessons from the Target Data Breach A doctor’s oath to “Do No Harm” also means they need to protect patient data. Protecting confidential information is providing good health care. Identity theft can last a lot longer than an illness or ...
No HIPAA or Meaningful Use Compliance with Windows XP Time’s up. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft is ending security updates and patches for Windows XP and Office 2003. Just having a Windows XP computer on your network will be an automatic HIPAA ...
Training Workers Protects Patient Data The Cure for Uneducated Users Is Training Universal Precautions (ALWAYS putting on protective gloves, masks, and protective clothing) for healthcare providers became necessary when it was realized that contact with a patient’s bodily fluids could ...
Just 12 weeks to get rid of Windows XP Time’s up. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft is ending security updates and patches for Windows XP and Office 2003. Just having a Windows XP computer on your network will be an automatic HIPAA ...
Lessons Learned from a $150,000 HIPAA Penalty Small Thumb Drive Brings Large HIPAA Penalty My late uncle would not understand the latest HIPAA penalty for the loss of 2,200 patient records, which in his office were paper and would have ...
Will Your Job Survive a Meaningful Use Audit? How Strong is Your HIPAA Compliance? The Meaningful Use Program can help offset technology costs or could cost your hospital or practice millions of dollars. It could also cost you your career. ...
Encryption Is Coming Fast… So Don’t Wait Save $ 1,699,900 with Encryption A state health department lost an unencrypted hard drive and paid a $ 1.7 million penalty. The health department would have saved $ 1,699,900 if it had spent ...
HIPAA Security Rule Offers Just a Little Leeway HIPAA Security Rule – Addressable, Not Optional! Everyone complains that the HIPAA Security Rule is inconvenient— which it is— but it doesn’t mean you can break the security rules in your medical ...
HIPAA Compliance is the LAW By Mike Semel Facts: HIPAA is a pain. HIPAA is expensive. HIPAA is the LAW. HIPAA required that Business Associates comply by September 23, 2013. You now have risks with companies you may not even ...
HIPAA Compliance & Meaningful Use Tech Tips (Part 2) More critical components of a HIPAA compliant computing environment…Encryption. While encryption is Addressable for HIPAA compliance, if you don’t have it and a device containing health information is lost or stolen, ...