You Have a HIPAA Breach!
These few words make everyone’s heart sink. You’ve trained your employees, instituted Privacy and Security Policies and Procedures, set up all your security measures, and yet you still had a breach. What can you do? (If you haven’t taken these steps, we need to have a...
Using HIPAA Guidelines to Protect Your Personal Information
Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH.N), one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said on Monday it was the victim of a cyber attack from China, resulting in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal data belonging to 4.5 million patients.1 A Russian crime...
Guest Blog: Maintaining HIPAA Compliance with Dropbox
I am still traveling this week, and we are running another guest blog. This is from our friends at Sookasa. They have a great, HIPAA compliant file sharing service. On to the blog: A doctor looks up at the departure board in the airport and sees that his flight has...
Guest Blog from GRA: Have there been HIPAA breaches by insurance agencies?
This week, I’m off singing at the Newport Music Festival. On to the blog of the week from our partner GRA Benefits. This is a very interesting look at what is going on with HIPAA breaches and insurance agents. Now onto the blog: Yes! In 2014, there have been two...