What prohibitions have you put in place to monitor your staff’s use of both personal devices and apps which fly beneath the radar of privacy and security law compliance?
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How much transparency should exist within your group?
Listen in to the story of the “safety” of PHI at Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center, which discovered that a hacker began accessing their electronic records in 2016 and, that over time, more than 42,000 patients’ PHI was exposed.
It’s 2:45. Do you know where your medical records are?
Even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.
It’s 2:45. Do you know where your medical records are? A week or so ago, I filled in endless new-patient paperwork. When I handed the clipboard and forms back, I noticed that other patients’ forms were spread across the counter, easy for anyone to read. I asked about their process to assure the safety of […]
Modern office machines, from copiers to printers to maybe even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.
How much transparency should exist within your group?
Dr. Bob, the group’s compliance officer, has HIPAA on his mind almost all the time, that is, when he’s not thinking about coding or Stark or the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. So he made sure that his notebook computer’s disk drive was encrypted. And, at the end of the computer’s useful life, he took care to […]
However, keep in mind that the most successful groups, the Strategic Groups™, are not run as clubs. They are not completely transparent.