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Another day, another HIPAA breach of 34,000 patient records on an unencrypted USB drive. The drive was stolen from an employee’s locker at Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center. According to a report: The drive was stolen June 2 from an unlocked employee locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center at 121...
referralMD has a very interesting article and infographic on paper based referrals. They take a look at HIPAA violations as well. Courtesy of: referralMD
A phishing scam that uses Dropbox links to spread malware is being sent to unsuspecting users. The malware makes it seem like the user has received an electronic fax and provides a link to access the file. The file contains a screen saver that encrypts the user’s hard drive and all of its contents. The...
Our job at HIPAA Secure Now! is to help our clients comply with HIPAA regulations. As part of that process we try to educate our clients and their employees on the importance of protecting patient privacy. We use examples of HIPAA violations to help clients understand some of the concepts of HIPAA such as; what...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) levied $1,975,220 in fines on two entities for HIPAA violations. Both entities had breaches related to lost laptops that were not encrypted to protect the patient information. Concentra Health Services (Concentra) was handed down a $1,725,220 for a stolen laptop that...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has updated their website with with very useful information on protecting patient information on mobile devices. Click on image below to access the ONC Mobile Device Security Page ONC has also published a Mobile Device Fact Sheet
When it comes to complying with the HIPAA Security and Omnibus Rules, there is a lot of confusion as to what needs to be done. And if you look at the amount of work it can be overwhelming; security risk assessment, employee training, policies and procedures, business associates, breach notification, encryption, disaster recovery to name...
Almost every business uses a multi-function copy machine that copies, scans, prints and possibly faxes information. What most people don’t realize is that many of these machines have hard drives that store all information that the machine has access to. Think of these machines as computers that store a digital record of every copy it...
Like many other people, you keep hearing about increased HIPAA enforcement and the increase in patient data breaches. And naturally you are starting to worry. But here is the problem, you are not sure what to do about HIPAA security or where to start. Privacy is much easier HIPAA privacy is much more intuitive. Only...
WZZM13 is reporting that several employees of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI have been fired over a picture of a patient posted on Facebook. A source tells WZZM 13 News that an off-duty employee was in the emergency room when he saw an attractive female. He took a picture of her back side and...
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