Is Your Healthcare Practice Prepared for a HIPAA Audit?
Audit. That one word causes a lot of fear in people, even law-abiding taxpayers who follow the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to a tee. The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) conducts a different type of audit, although no less scary to healthcare organizations subject to it. […]
What to Do If You Think Your Office’s Data Has Been Hacked
While we may not really want to think about it, data breaches happen daily in every business sector, and healthcare is no exception. In fact, quite the opposite: Healthcare is actually the most frequently targeted industry for cyberattacks, accounting for three-fourths of all hacks, and close to two incidents daily throughout 2022. This results in […]
Essential Steps for Improving Cybersecurity in Healthcare
The use of technology in healthcare offers a lot of advantages for providers. It streamlines workflows, automates administrative tasks, enables improved access of care for residents of rural communities and more. Unfortunately, there’s also a price to pay for the benefits of healthcare IT, and it is cybercrime. Attacks through data breaches, ransomware, phishing scams, […]