News & Analysis

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Too many healthcare organizations are receiving ­failing grades for HIPAA compliance, an analysis of OCR's first 20 initial audits reveals.

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

If you don't know where all of your PHI is, how can you ensure that you protect it?

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

A compliance officer is responsible for providing leadership for a healthcare organization's compliance program, but this is not a job a compliance officer must do alone.

July 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Healthcare organizations face increasingly complex privacy and security issues as they cope with new technology, but many organizations are still struggling with the basics of establishing a compliance program. A natural place to begin is a code of conduct, and policies and procedures.

July 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Chris Apgar, CISSP, president of Apgar & Associates in Portland, Ore., discusses Agility Recovery's ReadySuiteTM.

July 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Focus of OCR HIPAA auditors might surprise some healthcare organizations.

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