tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 25

HIPAA : Traveling With Patient Files? You Can Still Stay HIPAA Compliant If You Use These Tips

Becoming PHI travel-savvy is especially important if you work in several locations or in patients' homes.Protecting your patients' private medical information may seem like old hat, but breaches continue to make headlines.Consider this: The HHS Office for Civil Rights reported 16 privacy breaches affecting at least 500 individuals in the past month and a half. On average, the OCR has reported an average of 18 breaches per month since February of last year -- and the majority of those were the result of stolen laptops or misplaced files.Example: OCR recently fined the General Hospital Corporation and...

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