Is an Audit Trail Enough For HIPAA Compliance?
A client posed this question, and I decided it would be a great opportunity to clarify how you communicate securely with your clients when using encrypted email and the like. When reviewing the capabilities of a file-sharing program with a client, they stated they met...
New Ruling on HIPAA Results in Doctor Being Sued, What’s Next?
An interesting ruling from the Connecticut Supreme Court came down this past week. The justices ruled that a woman can sue her doctor for negligence if the physician violates regulations that dictate how practices must maintain patient confidentiality as outlined...
California and a Whole Lot of Breaching Going On
In 2013, the California healthcare sector had a bad year! They were responsible for 15% of the breaches by industry and 6% of the total number of records breached… 6%, that’s not so bad for total numbers, right? I mean the retail sector had 15.6 million records...
Guest Blog: Meet the HIPAA Police
This is another great guest blog from our friends at GRA Benefits: The HIPAA police, a.k.a. the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are happy to meet you if you do any one or more of the following things: Do not encrypt your email Let a hacker access your...