Q: My hospital's marketing team is becoming ambitious on social media lately. They like images, of course. What should we know about posting images of patients in social circles as it relates to HIPAA?
The Office for Civil Rights reached a $125,000 settlement with Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C., in Hartford, Connecticut, after a HIPAA breach where a doctor disclosed a patient’s protected health information (PHI) to a local television reporter.
In this month's Product Watch, we look at a training service that uses modules focused on specific HIPAA requirements such as business associate management, staff involvement in conducting a risk analysis, and mobile device security.
This month's HIPAA Q&A includes answers on destroying paper records, doctors communicating with patients from their phones, copies of subcontractor agreements, and more!
