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7 Crucial Questions About HIPAA Authorizations
Getting patient authorization can feel like a hurdle in your daily workflow. However, it’s key to maintaining patients’ right to their private medical information. With…
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How to Write a Breach Notification Letter
After a breach, one of your top priorities is to mail a breach notification letter to everyone whose protected health information (PHI) was compromised. But…
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HIPAA Breach Notification: Who, When, and How
You already know that the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires you to notify all individuals whose protected health information (PHI) is compromised in a breach.…
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What is a Four-Factor Breach Risk Assessment?
You don’t need to be a healthcare professional to know that data breaches have plagued the industry for years. A breach is an impermissible use…
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Top 3 Insider-Caused Data Breaches and How to Prevent Them
In Verizon’s 2018 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report, researchers found that nearly 58% of healthcare security incidents involved insiders. Healthcare staff, for various reasons,…
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Myth vs. Fact: HIPAA Compliance Implementation
Health care providers must put HIPAA rules into practice, but the law doesn’t say how. Since the HIPAA privacy rule and security rule came into…
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Myth vs. Fact: Security Risk Analysis
As a company that handles protected health information (PHI), HIPAA requires you to analyze how you manage risks to your PHI. This is known as…
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Myth vs. Fact: HIPAA-Compliant Communication
Careless communication can get HIPAA-covered companies into a world of trouble. Nevertheless, many health care professionals fail to secure protected health information (PHI) in their…
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Myth vs. Fact: HIPAA Training Requirements
HIPAA law is a complex world of “dos,” “don’ts,” and grey areas. You know HIPAA training is required by law, but you may feel unsure…
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Phishing: Don’t Take the Bait
Because healthcare organizations hold a wealth of sensitive information, they’ve been prime targets of phishing attacks for years. In a 2018 report by Merlin International,…
