HIPAA Activity on the Rise
There are plenty of reasons to put HIPAA back on your radar, including an audit program and record-setting fines for violations.
Posts tagged ‘HIPAA security compliance’
HIPAA vs The Cloud
HIPAA Compliance: The objective behind Sensitivity in maintaining individual health record of every person is too significant and this is what gets ensured under HIPAA security compliance, which aims at protecting an individual’s information to be obtained, created, used and maintained electronically at a specific healthcare unit or hospital. As a result of this rule, [...]
Day-Long HIPAA Boot Camp Targets HIM Professionals
The 2011 annual convention of the American Health Information Management Association, Oct. 1-6 in Salt Lake City, features a series of in-depth post conference educational sessions on the 6th, including an eight-hour HIPAA Privacy and Security Boot Camp. The camp is designed for health information management directors, other professionals with little or no privacy experience [...]
Tips on PCI DSS Compliance
Too many healthcare organizations have overlooked their obligation to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, says security expert Tom Walsh. Compliance with PCI DSS, designed to help prevent credit card fraud and theft, can help healthcare organizations comply with the HIPAA security rule as well, Walsh stresses. That’s because PCI DSS offers far more security specifics than HIPAA, including, for [...]
Cost Effective HIPAA Compliance Training Programs
emPower eLearning Solutions is excited to offer a training solution that will help organizations train their entire work population in a timely and cost effective manor. emPower eLearning Solutions Compliance Training is devoted to helping organizations meet the Administrative Simplification Act section 164.530(b)(1). This section requires employers to provide HIPAA Training awareness and Job Role [...]
Patient info lost on subway earns MGH $1 million HIPAA fine
Massachusetts General Hospital will pay the U.S. government $1 million to settle what the feds are calling “potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule,” according to a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The case involves patient information that an employee left on the subway. This marks the second fine [...]
HIPAA Security Compliance: Protects Confidential Patient Health Information
The stringent HIPAA security compliance norms make it mandatory for the all the entities like hospitals, insurance providers, payers, billing services, insurance plans and medical personnel to strictly adhere to the laws relating to the safe transfer and storage of confidential patient health information. To achieve HIPAA security compliance it is necessary to implement few [...]
