HIPAA Complicance
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May 24, 2013What determines the size of a penalty for HIPAA violations? The key factors are the lack of a timely risk assessment and the failure to address ongoing security issues, says Leon Rodriguez, director of the Department of Health and Human … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, OCR, OCR Audits, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHHS To Address HIPAA Rules For Firearm Background Checks
May 15, 2013After last year’s mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut, the Obama Administration has been looking for ways to address gun violence, either through new legal reforms or by working with existing policy, and one option is to clarify HIPAA provisions … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules | Leave a commentHHS Unveils New Tools To Educate Healthcare Providers About The HIPAA Privacy And Security Rules
May 2, 2013The Department of Health and Human Services, in its auditing and enforcement activities, has confirmed that a lack of training is a common cause of HIPAA compliance difficulties. So it’s taking several steps to help. This week, HHS unveiled … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, PHI, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentOCR Audits Find Widespread Lack Of Understanding Of New HIPAA Data And Security Rules
April 25, 2013Simply knowing all the rules could prevent many of the problems plaguing data security and privacy among healthcare providers and insurers.Nearly one-third of the 980 problems that HHS’ Office of Civil Rights uncovered during privacy and data-security audits of 115 … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, OCR Audits | Leave a commentBest Practices For Being OCR Audit Ready
April 15, 2013Healthcare information security staffers rightly worry about OCR audits and want to prepare their facilities for an assessment. But how do you best measure the progress of your security program? Alain Bouit, director of IT security at Adventist Health, a … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, OCR Audits, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentOCR To Solicit Feedback About HIPAA Compliance Audits
April 12, 2013The top federal healthcare privacy and security regulator wants to know what officials from more than 100 organizations that have undergone privacy and security audits thought of the process and what can be done to improve it. The office will … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentHIMSS13 Update – OCR Director Discusses HIPAA/HITECH Compliance
March 8, 2013It’s about the patients, it’s about safeguarding privacy, and it’s about trying to avoid making the same mistakes twice, said Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez to hundreds of HIMSS13 attendees Monday morning at “A Dialogue On HIPAA/HITECH Compliance: … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Transforming Itself To An Enforcement Organization
January 22, 2013I don’t do risk assessments; I assess risk,” said Sharon Finney, corporate data security officer at Adventist Health System, speaking at the December 2012 Healthcare IT News/HIMSS Media Privacy & Security Forum in Boston. There’s a difference. One happens on … Continue reading
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