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.
Tag: HIPAA
Cyber criminals pay far more for health data than for credit card or banking information.
Hey, we all like publicity, but “free” publicity that costs you close to $1 million isn’t free, is it?
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 […]
I recently read a post on someone’s blog in which the author addressed the question of using Amazon’s Alexa in an operating room. I used to think that there was no such thing as a stupid question, but now I have to reconsider. On the other hand, are you already carrying a little spy into […]
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.
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 […]
Chasing down HIPAA violations isn’t just about enforcing compliance, it’s about the government collecting big bucks. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), the branch charged with enforcement of HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules, settled with Florida-based Memorial Health System (“MHS”) for $5.5 million. The charge? […]
In the rush to meet compliance requirements, the defect is focusing solely on the checklist of notions that are said to demonstrate compliance.
Your compliance system has a leak.