BC Advantage - 2013 Issue 8

Better to Be Safe than Sorry with ePHI Compromise

By: Russ Stay, SecurityMetricsLet's be straightforward. Doctors, administrators, and office managers are trained to be experts at health care, not Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security compliance. Even after patient information privacy and security precautions are taken and HIPAA best practices are followed, what happens if certain variables are overlooked and create a vulnerability? What would happen, financially, if your records systems were breached today? Surprise! You may not be coveredWith the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule deadline nearly at hand, now is the time to examine your organization's coverage to determine if you would be...

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