Breach of PHI Assessment 4-Factor Requirement Do you think there’s been a breach of PHI? Follow these guidelines to determine if PHI has been compromised: Look at the nature and extent of the PHI involved, including the types of identifiers and the likelihood of re-identification. Find out who accessed [...]
Has the time come for your school to upgrade its IT infrastructure and capability? It’s imperative you have a system that has the capacity to meet your current and future needs. This article will help you evaluate whether an on-premises data center or a hosted service is the best fit [...]
Issue was reported Wednesday (05/03). The scam is one of the oldest around, sending an e-mail asking you to click a hyperlink. Do so, and hackers can get access to your information. The email appears to come from someone inviting you to share a document. The email looks very similar [...]
Since the 1990s, some companies have moved the operating system for workstations from the workstation itself to a server providing operating system images for many different workstations. This virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has been touted as offering lower cost of ownership for years, yet the majority of workstations in business [...]
Sanction Policy Both the HIPAA Security Rule and the HIPAA Privacy Rule require Covered Entities and Business Associates to document the disciplinary policy and apply sanctions against members of the workforce who violate the respective regulations. Sanctions may be applied if you: Access PHI that is not necessary for your job [...]
The theft of a laptop computer containing information of nearly 1,400 patients was among two HIPAA breaches that led a Pennsylvania provider of remote heart monitoring to pay $2.5 million, federal authorities said this week. Malvern-based CardioNet, Inc., essentially had no process at all for securely managing electronic protected health [...]
Install and enable security software What is security software? Security software protects against malicious software such as viruses, spam and malware. A virus is a self-replicating program that runs and spreads by modifying other programs or files. Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems. It is electronic junk mail. [...]
One-to-one rollouts are game-changing projects. With proper planning, they can be less daunting. Nail this checklist, and the hard work is half done. 1. Establish a shared vision with community stakeholders You need teachers, IT, administrators, curriculum supervisors, special education teams, students, parents, and community business leaders behind a shared [...]
HHS Guidance on Sharing Mental Health Information of a patient The HHS Office for Civil Rights published guidance that addresses some of the more frequently asked questions about when it is appropriate under the HIPAA Privacy Rule for a health care provider to share the protected health information of a [...]
Patient data is sacred when it comes to healthcare. HIPPA tells us so. In virtually every medical practice, cost controls are also sacred, and there are points where regulation and modern tools for reducing IT costs can come into conflict. Remote and cloud-based record processing is common in many fields, [...]
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