Compliance April 24, 2013 Hospitals Must Learn How to Prepare for Cybersecurity Attacks The latest report from the Ponemon Institute contains a warning for HIPAA-covered entities; those who do not prepare for cybersecurity attacks are likely to regret ... Read more
Compliance April 23, 2013 Healthcare Data Breach Preparedness Study Raises Concerns A new study released by Experian Data Breach Resolution & the Ponemon Institute has raised a number of concerns about healthcare data breach preparedness. The ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 15, 2013 Is it Possible to Secure PHI Stored in the Cloud? There is a common misconception that it is not possible to properly secure PHI stored in the cloud. The cloud is seen to be a ... Read more
Compliance April 11, 2013 Healthcare BYOD Security Tips to Avoid Data Breaches BYOD schemes offer numerous benefits, but also carry a number of risks: To make it easier to avoid the pitfalls, we have compiled a list ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 10, 2013 Torrance Memorial Medical Center Secure Text Messaging Case Study Texting is one of the fastest, easiest, and most convenient ways to communicate short messages. This communication method has proved to be highly popular as ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 9, 2013 Healthcare Industry BYOD Security Concerns There is a current buzz surrounding Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes as they offer so many benefits to companies; however, for the healthcare industry ... Read more
Compliance March 3, 2013 5 Most Common BYOD Errors Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes have proven popular with the healthcare industry, allowing Smartphones and tablets to be used by healthcare professionals, without their ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 16, 2013 How to Increase Physician Healthcare App Use Mobile health apps promise to revolutionize how some healthcare services are provided, and there is considerable potential for sizable reductions in operational costs to be ... Read more
Compliance January 10, 2013 HIPAA Compliance for Small Businesses: Problems Persist Large healthcare providers, with correspondingly large budgets, are introducing new security measures to protect stored data, but HIPAA compliance for small businesses lags behind. Smaller ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 14, 2012 2012 Ponemon Institute Data Security Study Released As the year draws to a close, it is a time to reflect on the lessons learned during 2012 regarding HIPAA compliance and dealing with ... Read more
Compliance December 6, 2011 Preparation for HIPAA Audits Essential According to the results of an HCPro survey, healthcare providers and other HIPAA-covered entities are simply not prepared for a compliance inspection; in fact, preparation ... Read more
Compliance September 30, 2011 Navigating Privacy Laws for Patient Data Sharing Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Laws for patient data sharing, the sharing of Protected Health Information with a third party is ... Read more
Compliance September 29, 2011 Top 5 Healthcare Data Breaches in 2011 This month there is a new name on top of the list of the biggest healthcare data breaches in 2011, the incident is also the ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 29, 2011 Media Announcements on Patient Conditions Halted by Meritus Meritus Medical Center has taken the decision to stop issuing media announcements on patient conditions in order to better protect the privacy of patients and ... Read more
