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What is the HIPAA Security Rule?

by Jill McKeon

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the HHS secretary to develop rules for safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI). Out of these requirements, HHS created the HIPAA Privacy...

Small Healthcare Practices More Vulnerable to Data Breaches, Cyberattacks

by Jill McKeon

Over 20 percent of small healthcare organizations surveyed by Software Advice reported experiencing a data breach. However, 46 percent of those breaches could be blamed on human error. The survey...

HIPAA Technical Safeguards: A Basic Review

by Editorial Staff

While no healthcare organization can eliminate the possibility of facing a data breach, implementing HIPAA technical safeguards can go a long way toward mitigating cyber risk. Under the HIPAA Security...

NY Law Shows Reasonable Cybersecurity Standards For Health Providers

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The pandemic has brought about an increase in healthcare-related electronic information and an increased need for health information regulations, according to...

Lifespan to Pay OCR $1.04M HIPAA Penalty For Unencrypted Laptop Theft

by Jessica Davis

The Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity over the theft of an unencrypted laptop in 2017. The Rhode...

What are Top HIPAA Compliance Concerns, Obstacles?

by Elizabeth Snell

Maintaining HIPAA compliance should always be a key area for leaders in the healthcare industry, but as technology continues to evolve, there are numerous factors coming into play that could affect how...

Managing a health data breach with a response plan

by Patrick Ouellette

Some organizations say they’re going to improve security after an incident. David Dover, Privacy and Security Officer at Alere Inc., can attest that his organization did make the effort to...