BC Advantage - 2015 Issue 10

What Healthcare Entities and Business Associates Can Learn From Other Government Agencies and Related Laws About Handling and Disposing of PII and PHI.

One just needs to turn on the television, listen to Bloomberg, or read the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Wall of Shame to hear about data breaches involving personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). The implications are costly both for the entities where the breach occurred and the clients/patients/customers who were assured that their data was secure. Take the April 30, 2015 PHI breach reported by Partners Healthcare, whereby "[h]ackers may have accessed medical and personal information, including Social Security numbers, about 3,300 patients." Retrospectively, in 2006 the Federal Trade...

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