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How Access Monitoring Protects Providers From Health Data Breaches
With the average healthcare organization going through over 2.5 million EMR accesses a day, it can be difficult for an organization to ensure those accesses are safe, all important data is secure, and...OCR Issues HIPAA Guidance Surrounding Extreme Risk Protection Orders
HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released new guidance to clarify how HIPAA permits covered healthcare providers to disclose protected health information (PHI) without a patient’s...Former NY Hospital Employee Charged with HIPAA Violation
New York-based Huntington Hospital began notifying 13,000 patients of a data breach that exposed protected health information (PHI) and resulted in a former employee being charged with a HIPAA...Millions of Patients Receive Healthcare Data Breach Notifications
Under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, HIPAA covered entities are required to provide notification of a healthcare data breach to impacted individuals whose protected health information (PHI) was...2 NJ Printing Companies Fined for HIPAA Violations, PHI Exposure
Two New Jersey-based printing companies agreed to pay a fine of $130,000 for potentially committing HIPAA violations and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) violations through protected health...Sponsored by SAI360
Ensuring Healthcare Industry Compliance with HIPAA in 2021
As the healthcare industry has evolved to become increasingly digital, the Department of Health & Human Services and its departments have moved to bring the Health Insurance Portability and...De-Identification of PHI According to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
De-identification of protected health information (PHI) can help researchers glean valuable insights about population health, aid in healthcare policymaking, and bolster other research ventures. Once PHI is de-identified and can no longer...OCR Clarifies HIPAA Rules Surrounding Vaccination Status
The COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout have brought HIPAA into the spotlight, but many Americans continue to misunderstand how HIPAA relates and does not relate to vaccination status. As a result,...Sponsored by SAI360
