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Why Vendor Due Diligence is Crucial in Preventing Third-Party Data Breaches

Compliancy Group

Vendor due diligence is key in preventing these third-party data breaches. For their 2023 report, Black Kite examined 63 third-party breaches that affected at least 298 businesses and found that both the impact and destruction of those breaches had doubled. Vendor Due Diligence – What is It & Why is it Important?

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Six Compelling Reasons to Begin Your HIPAA Compliance Journey Before the Year Ends

Total HIPAA

As 2023 unfolds, the urgency for entities in the healthcare sector to initiate or reinforce their HIPAA compliance cannot be overstated. Prove Your Due Diligence The decision to postpone setting up comprehensive policies, procedures, and HIPAA training could be detrimental.

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State of HIPAA – May 2023 Report

HIPAA Journal

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The average HIPAA penalty has fallen from $2.6 reduction in total penalties compared to 2018, falling from $28.7

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Security Breaches in Healthcare in 2023

HIPAA Journal

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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What is a HIPAA Violation?

HIPAA Journal

To best answer the question what is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to explain what HIPAA is, who it applies to, and what constitutes a violation; for although most people believe they know what a HIPAA compliance violation is, evidence suggests otherwise. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To?

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HIPAA Security Rule Checklist

HIPAA Journal

A HIPAA Security Rule checklist helps covered entities, business associates, and other organizations subject to HIPAA compliance to fulfil the requirements of the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (better known as the HIPAA Security Rule).

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Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance

AIHC

OpenAI’s ChatGPT 2023 & the National Institutes of Health AI is developing at lightning speed. The government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) published an article in February 2023 entitled “ Opportunities and risks of ChatGPT in medicine, science, and academic publishing: a modern Promethean dilemma. ”