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Is Google Analytics HIPAA Compliant?

Compliancy Group

The US Health and Human Services has issued updated guidance on online tracking, and it’s bad news for those of us in the medical field. It collects and stores user data, including protected health information (PHI) , which makes it subject to HIPAA compliance rules and regulations. If so, listen up.

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Clinical Data Release Leader MRO Announces Acquisition of MediCopy

MRO Compliance

1 provider of release of information (ROI) solutions, announced today the acquisition of Nashville, TN-based MediCopy, a leading provider of release of information solutions to physician practices and outpatient providers. Press contact information: Stephanie Kindlick, MRO, (610) 994-7500, ext. 1353 skindlick@mrocorp.com .

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Cybersecurity Best Practices: HIPAA Data Loss Prevention

Compliancy Group

Handling patients’ protected health information is something healthcare providers do every day. Because of its sensitive nature, extra precautions must be taken to safeguard PHI. HIPAA defines standards by which PHI must be handled. DLP Essential to Data Protection in Healthcare .

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Anti-Social Media – How a Post Becomes a HIPAA Violation

Compliancy Group

In a world where hundreds of millions of tweets, posts, snaps, and stories are posted on social media daily, sharing information about our lives may seem like second nature. If you compare HIPAA Rules and Regulations to a building, patients’ protected health information (PHI) would be the foundation. Fax number.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Privacy and scalability, where assuring the security of health citizens’ protected health information (PHI) must be designed into HaH programs. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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11 HIPAA Right of Access Violations Brings $646,000 in Fines

Compliancy Group

Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. Nebraska Family Health Clinic Pays $30,000 After Violating Right of Access.

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Top Security Certifications Required for Data Protection

HIT Consultant

A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the U.S.