Navigating the Complexities of HIPAA Compliance for Your Practice
When you work in healthcare, hearing about HIPAA is inevitable. There is a ton of information online about HIPAA, but finding information related to your business can be challenging as a small healthcare practice. Here are some HIPAA FAQs for smaller practices… What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule? The HIPAA Privacy Rule dictates the proper […]
5 Reasons Your Practice Needs a HIPAA-Compliant Phone System
The world is full of rules and regulations. Following speed limits, paying taxes, and not taking other people’s property are all laws by which we’re supposed to abide — or face punishment, either financially or criminally. A key rule healthcare providers, payers, health information clearinghouses, and corresponding players must follow is keeping compliant with the […]
HIPAA Violations: Want to Keep Your Organization’s Communications Secure? Focus on Reducing User Error
Anyone who works in the healthcare industry is well aware of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the need to keep patients’ protected health information (PHI) secure and safe from HIPAA violations. As a result, healthcare organizations go to great lengths to ensure they have technologies and systems in place to keep […]
The Roadmap to Digital Healthcare: Security, Mobility, Automation, and Cloud Capabilities
Follow your roadmap to digital healthcare carefully and ensure that security, mobility, automation, and cloud capabilities all intersect at the right places for your healthcare practice.
Hospital Hit with $3.3 Million fine for PHI Breach
New York and Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $3.3 million fine for a PHI breach following an investigation by the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services. Details of the case are here. Some of the details and the amount of the fine are troubling for healthcare providers: a. […]