Oct 27, 2016 | Audit, Breach, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
HealthIT Security has a very good article on OCR HIPAA activities. A key message is that not all OCR complaints result in HIPAA violations OCR will continue to focus “its enforcement efforts and its resources” in areas of alleged non-compliance and “where corrective...
Oct 25, 2016 | HIPAA Violations, HSN
The title of the Business Insider article ( Doctors are failing to protect your privacy as a patient ) will open a lot of eyes. The article is written from a patient perspective on how her data was breached. Somewhere on the Internet there is a photo of me topless....
Oct 25, 2016 | Breach, HIPAA Violations, HSN
The title of the Business Insider article ( Doctors are failing to protect your privacy as a patient ) will open a lot of eyes. The article is written from a patient perspective on how her data was breached. Somewhere on the Internet there is a photo of me topless....
Oct 12, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HSN
We have previously posted about HHS/OCR’s Guidance on HIPAA & Cloud Computing. The guidance is presented in question and answer form. To see the full guidance, you can go to the OCR page. Below are the 11 questions with partial answers to keep this...
Oct 11, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, HSN
Pun intended. We all use cloud computing resources every day. All you have to do is go on the Internet, and chances are the website you are accessing uses cloud services. Our website, www.hipaasecurenow.com, uses the Amazon cloud. There are many definitions of...
Sep 27, 2016 | Breach, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
In a clear message to healthcare organizations, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR), fined Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (WIH) for not having updated HIPAA Business Associate Agreements. WIH provided OCR with a...
