By Art Gross – Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, there must be one individual who is identified as the Privacy Officer. What does that mean? Is it a paid job? What are the requirements? Are they the ones who will be accountable in the case of a violation or if a data breach should occur?
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 2:00 pm ET – This presentation brings two industry leaders to the table to discuss changes to HIPAA and how they align or don’t align, with overarching privacy trends, as well as how those changes can be implemented in the health care environment.
By Kayla Matthews – HIPAA is something that should be in the back of every health care professional’s mind. This act protects patient health information (PHI), but in a casual setting such as the home, it can be easy to overlook HIPAA and your responsibility to your patient.
By Art Gross – The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced a settlement with Touchstone Medical Imaging for their potential violations of HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules.
By Tom Gilheany – Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in healthcare. A survey of U.S. physicians by Accenture and the AMA found that 83 percent of physician practices have experienced some form of cyberattack, such as phishing and viruses.
By Lucia Savage JD – Important work to ensure the health system is functioning properly is conducted by a wide variety of entities at the federal, state, and local level.
Significant changes to EHNAC accreditation programs to align with OCR Phase II Protocol, HIPAA privacy and security consistency, DirectTrust’s new release of Certificate and HISP Policies.
EHNAC and HITRUST Announce Migration of HIPAA Security/Privacy Modules within EHNAC Accreditations to HITRUST’s CSF Framework. The organizations have committed to streamline their accreditation and certification programs for industry stakeholders.
By Karen B. DeSalvo & Lucia Savage – In order to effectively manage their health, individuals need to be able to access and use their health information when, where, and how they want, including sending it to the people and tools helping them become or stay healthy.