Breach Notification Rule

What is a breach? A breach is an impermissible disclosure or use of protected health information (PHI). Typically, a breach compromises the security and privacy of PHI. How do you determine if a breach has occurred? The burden of determining if a breach has occurred...

Business Associate Exposed Health Information on Web

Children’s National Health System announced that a Business Associate, Ascend Healthcare System Medical, may have allowed access to transcribed reports by way of Google. In a recent press release, Children’s National Health System notified patients that one of their...

Is Your Organization in Danger of Breaches?

In a recent Bookings Institution paper, published by Niam Yaraghi, researchers found that in spite of government efforts, privacy breaches, specifically electronic breaches, are on the rise in all health care practices. When detailing their findings, Yaraghi wrote: “…...

NY hospital to pay $2.2 Million for televising PHI

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital settled at $2.2 million for a breach case involving the “egregious disclosure of two patients’ protected health information (PHI),” the OCR stated in a recent press release. Released on April 21, the...