News & Analysis

March 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Q. Can paper patient records be kept in a public storage unit? The storage company we are considering has a digital entry at the main gate. We would also have a keyed lock on the storage unit door.

March 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Q. How can you track or prevent the use of USB drives in a hospital setting?

March 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Privacy and security officers got their marching orders when HHS released the long-awaited new HIPAA "Omnibus Rule" in January.

March 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

One of the biggest changes in the Omnibus final rule is in the way healthcare organizations will determine whether they need to notify affected individuals of a security breach.

February 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

For the last three years, the Ponemon Institute has taken the pulse of the healthcare industry and its ­compliance with HIPAA.

February 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

It was a record year in 2012 when it came to OCR's HIPAA enforcement action.

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