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Newer posts →Best Practices For Being OCR Audit Ready
April 15, 2013Healthcare information security staffers rightly worry about OCR audits and want to prepare their facilities for an assessment. But how do you best measure the progress of your security program? Alain Bouit, director of IT security at Adventist Health, a … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, OCR Audits, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentOCR To Solicit Feedback About HIPAA Compliance Audits
April 12, 2013The top federal healthcare privacy and security regulator wants to know what officials from more than 100 organizations that have undergone privacy and security audits thought of the process and what can be done to improve it. The office will … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentHIPAA Omnibus Rule Will Bring More Enforcement
April 9, 2013The HIPAA Privacy and Security final rule — also known as the HIPAA Omnibus Rule — became effective March 26. We predict enforcers will have a heyday with expanded ability to crack down on providers and their business associates. The … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentHIMSS13 Update – OCR Director Discusses HIPAA/HITECH Compliance
March 8, 2013It’s about the patients, it’s about safeguarding privacy, and it’s about trying to avoid making the same mistakes twice, said Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez to hundreds of HIMSS13 attendees Monday morning at “A Dialogue On HIPAA/HITECH Compliance: … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Transforming Itself To An Enforcement Organization
January 22, 2013I don’t do risk assessments; I assess risk,” said Sharon Finney, corporate data security officer at Adventist Health System, speaking at the December 2012 Healthcare IT News/HIMSS Media Privacy & Security Forum in Boston. There’s a difference. One happens on … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, OCR, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentWorld Renowned Cancer Center Reports Third PHI Data Breach in 2012
August 20, 2012The MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas has sent letters to about 2,200 patients whose unencrypted medical records may have been compromised on a lost thumb drive. It’s the third possible data breach this year for the … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Wramps Up HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits
July 5, 2012Federal enforcers are preparing to audit healthcare organizations for how well they establish and follow privacy and security practices and data breach notification standards. The Office of Civil Rights published the procedures to be assessed when examiners conduct performance audits … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, medical practice best practices, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records
June 26, 2012The administration’s top enforcer of health information privacy and security has issued an official reminder that patients have a legal right to access their medical records, and they should use it. Patients can also print the single-page memo to take … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, OCR, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a comment Newer posts →
