category health-information-technology 
MedTrainer
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires a deep understanding of not only the law itself but also the HIPAA incident response requirements mandated by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR). What is a HIPAA Incident?
MedTrainer
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
It’s bad enough when a healthcare organization exposes patient protected health information (PHI). But, it can get worse if employees aren’t familiar with their organization’s HIPAA incident response plan. There are countless such cases every year even though it is relatively easy to create a HIPAA incident response plan.
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Total HIPAA
JULY 12, 2021
Many HIPAA compliant organizations need to send and receive electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) on a regular basis. HIPAA requires you to secure information at rest, in transit, and in storage. If you fax PHI, you must ensure the safety of this sensitive information in transit. Documo: Cost.
Health Populi
AUGUST 5, 2021
“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data.
Total HIPAA
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires all Covered Entities to have a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with any Business Associate (BA) they hire that may come in contact with PHI. The HIPAA Omnibus Rule changed how BAs and Business Associate Subcontractors (BAS) can be held liable for potential HIPAA violations.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 7, 2022
A federal law would also help to prevent companies from engaging in exploitation and discrimination, as they are largely free to do through the current collection, buying, selling, and sharing of consumers’ personal information. Genetic information may only be transferred for medical diagnosis or research, with appropriate consent.
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