By Matt Fisher – The risk to privacy and security of healthcare information, despite all of the headlines, does not only come from outside attackers. Inside threats are real and can go undetected for potentially longer periods of time.
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Last Change to Register – June 18th at 1pm ET – AI is transforming healthcare by improving operational efficiencies, diagnostics, and patient care. However, this shift introduces new cybersecurity threats. Join Answers Media Network and industry experts as they discuss AI’s role in healthcare security.
By Matt Fisher – The steady stream of settlements from the Office for Civil Rights continues. The underpinning to many of the recent settlements is notification following the occurrence of a data breach, often from some form of a cyber attack.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of April that we think deserve sharing again.
By Matt Fisher – Whenever an entity subject to HIPAA experiences a data breach, notification must be given to the Office for Civil Rights. Once OCR receives notification of a breach, an investigation will typically follow. That combination is a sure way for broader issues to be uncovered. That is the scenario that played out in the most recent settlement announced by OCR.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of March that we think deserve sharing again.
By Matt Fisher – Ambient listening technology is growing in many areas and being incorporated into a lot of different applications. What does the ambient listening do? It automatically picks up conversations and other sounds around it to be processed for one purpose or another.
By Matt Fisher – Apparently the Office for Civil Rights does still have older resolved HIPAA concerns in its hopper to release. The latest release about a civil monetary penalty continues the ongoing enforcement focus on the right of access.
By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced another cyber incident driven HIPAA civil monetary penalty on February 20, 2025. The settlement broke a one month lull in HIPAA enforcement announcements, though looking at the dates in the documents (all go back to the last quarter or so of 2024), it may not necessarily be an indication that enforcement of HIPAA remains an ongoing immediate priority.