September 3, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

Think software patching and vulnerability detection is just an IT thing? Certainly it starts there.

September 10, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

HIPAA covered entities that maintain poor policies and procedures related to HIPAA compliance—those that are unfinished in draft form, not updated in years, and basically not followed to the letter—have cost them dearly.

September 17, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

Although HIPAA laws do not specify any time frame on updating policies and procedures, OCR has expectations. Here are three recent settlements where OCR has included mandates to update policies and procedures. You can apply some of these lessons in your organization.

September 24, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

This month's HIPAA Q&A includes answers on doctor's notes, scheduling appointments, hospital social media, alerting patients via text message, and more!

September 24, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

In this month's Product Watch, we look at a game-changing texting app. With the available technology, covered entities and business associates would be hard-pressed to justify sending PHI using unsecure texts.