BC Advantage - 2013 Issue 10

Privacy and Preparedness Should be Home Health's Top Priorities

By: Keith CrownoverA laptop or other mobile device is stolen. A coder inadvertently shares patient information outside his or her organization. Data is lost when moving from server to server. Whether it involves hospitals, home health agencies, or the federal government itself, privacy and security breaches are in the news. At worst, breaches can expose patients' names, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive protected health information (PHI). A few recent incidents call to mind the importance of having policies and safeguards in place: An employee with a large home health agency had a laptop containing unencrypted PHI stolen from...

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