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Keep up to date on industry newsHIPAA Breach Roundup: May-June 2017
Catch up on the latest HIPAA breach reports…
HIPAA Compliance and Emergency Preparedness
A recent ransomware attack at Seton Medical Centers is the perfect example of how to plan and respond to an emergency…
HIPAA Compliance Training Can Reduce Risk of Privileged Misuse
Children’s Mercy Hospital notified more than 5,000 patients about a breach of protected health information (PHI) after privileged misuse was discovered…
HIV Information Given to Patient’s Employer Costs Hospital $387k
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Inc. paid the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nearly $400,000 in a recent HIPAA settlement after an employee improperly disclosed the HIV status and other restricted protected health information to the patient’s employer.
Fight the Rise in Ransomware with HIPAA Compliance Training
In Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, the findings suggest that ransomware is on the rise. Covered entities and business associates need to utilize more HIPAA compliance training resources to ensure their staff know how to protect against the growing number of cyber-attacks.
Recent HIPAA Settlement: Permissible and Impermissible Disclosures
Another HIPAA settlement was announced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) which details a permissible and impermissible disclosures…
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