Aug 22, 2022 | HSN, NHS, Risk Assessment
An Indirect Hit The NHS, or National Health Service, is the publicly funded healthcare system for the United Kingdom. They are supported by Advanced who is a managed service provider (MSP). Healthcare companies often outsource their IT departments to other companies...
Aug 15, 2022 | HSN, Policies and Procedures, portability
Portability in HIPAA There are many aspects of HIPAA. And sometimes there isn’t a clear understanding of what it covers. We also find that it is the “P” that often trips people up. Because of the strong emphasis on confidentiality, security, and safe handling...
Aug 9, 2022 | Healthcare Industry, HSN, Legal, NIST, Policies and Procedures, Standards
Health Care Cybersecurity Update on Guidance The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided updated guidance for the health care industry. Designed to help with electronically protected health information (ePHI), they have created a new draft...
Aug 2, 2022 | ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Healthcare Industry, HSN, Legal
This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, known as ADA. This Act is in place to prohibit discrimination against any qualified individual. As outlined on the ADA National Network site, it ‘is a civil rights law...
Jul 25, 2022 | EU, GDPR, HSN, Policies and Procedures
Are you familiar with the European Union (EU) regulation of GDPR? There may be some confusion over this policy and those who believe it to be the counterpart to the United States’ HIPAA regulation. While there may be some overlap, they are not the same. As a...
Jul 19, 2022 | HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Right to Access, HSN, Right to Access
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) isn’t offering leniency just because you’re a small business. Action will be taken, despite the impact that a HIPAA fine can have on this sector of healthcare. And as eleven recent investigations prove the point, many of those...
