The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new breach reporting website and guidance materials to support its duties of enforcing compliance ...
Some 5,100 patients treated at Kaiser Permanente were sent HIPAA breach notification letters Friday after a KP research computer was found to have been infected with malicious software. Officials say ...
Despite the revamped federal HIPAA Omnibus Rule which holds covered entities and business associates more accountable for failing to adequately protect patients' health information, some groups ...
In order to prevent HIPAA breaches, 81 percent of respondents report using HIPAA compliant software. Of survey respondents, 77 percent reported conducting regular staff training and 42 percent said ...
A dermatology practice in Massachusetts has agreed to a $150,000 settlement with HHS for not having procedures in place to fulfill HIPAA’s breach notification provisions. The HHS Office for Civil ...
The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. A recent report by HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance, www.hitrustalliance.net), a national ...
A massive data breach at the government tech firm Conduent extends across multiple states and may affect more people than ...
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Woman calls her OB-GYN to make an appointment for her pregnancy, but the office called her husband’s ex-wife instead: ‘that’s a HIPAA violation’
If you’ve ever experienced the frustration of playing phone tag with a doctor’s office, you know the feeling. But one woman’s ...
Learn about HIPAA, the U.S. act safeguarding healthcare data privacy and setting standards for medical information storage ...
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