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How to Stay HIPAA Compliant with Audit Logs
Audit logs are a critical - not to mention required - way for your company to monitor activity on your network. A newsletter on the importance of importance of HIPAA logging requirements states...
HIPAA Compliant Cloud Backup Services – Which One Fits Your Needs?
HIPAA compliant cloud backup is a must for all businesses that store sensitive data, like PHI (Protected Health Information). It is a storage strategy that makes an identical copy of your...
HIPAA Compliance Guide: All Your Questions Answered
This post aims to answer all of your HIPAA compliance questions. If you’re just learning about HIPAA compliance, or beginning the process of becoming HIPAA compliant, this article will guide you...
Heartbleed and HIPAA
On April 7th, the news hit the wire that there is a serious bug in the OpenSSL program - one of the most popular ...
Is it a breach, or not?
This week we had an interesting question come in. One of our clients was copied by a general agent in a response to
Happy Spring!
We’ve been having some lovely spots of weather here, well minus ice, and a Nor’easter is projected this week… It ...
HIPAA and Your Contract Employees
This week we are dealing with contract employees or independent contractors, either of which are usually paid by ...
Do Business Associates need to report a breach to HHS, or to the Covered Entity?
Hello again, this question was posed to us this past week by one of our clients.
Do Business Associates need to ...
What?!?! I need a BA Agreement with my email provider?
Here’s a question from our twitter feed this past week. Like most things in life, I think this needs a little more ...
Are Employers Covered Entities?
This question came from one of our partners last week, and I think this is worth a full blog topic. Are employers ...
Windows XP™ is Gasping for Breath – HIPAA Compliance Becomes an Issue
Microsoft: Bring out your dead…. Bring out your dead!
Windows 8: Here’s one!
Windows XP: I’m not dead ...
Updates to Training
We have been busy adding to our already comprehensive training and updating our programming to make your user ...
Answering Questions: Do I need a business associate agreement for my web provider?
Today’s blog is going to be a little free form. I’m going to answer some questions that our clients have asked.
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Vlog #5-BYOD or Bring Your Own Device
In this week's vlog, I cover what you need to do before allowing employees to use their personal devices ...
Vlog #4–BA and Subcontractor Responsibilities
This week I talk about your responsibilities as a Business Associate and/or Subcontractor.
By ...
Vlog #3–Penalties and Fines
By Jason Karn
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Vlog #2–Risk Assessment Vs. Risk Analysis
Today we discuss what a Risk Analysis is versus what a Risk Assessment is, another issue that you may face when ...
Vlog #1–Encrypting Texts
Texts are sent by the majority of people, even multiple times a day. When those texts contain PHI it is vital that ...
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