News & Analysis

Copy fees, inquiries about deceased patients

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

You have questions; we have answers.

OCR releases data from first 20 HIPAA compliance audits

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.

Secure mobile devices, portable media, and text messages

August 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

If HIM professionals needed another reason to be ­concerned with protected health information (PHI) ­outside of paper records, a surgery center in Arizona ­provided one in April.

Important takeaways from OCR audit results

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

The initial 20 OCR HIPAA audits offer insight with respect to privacy and security compliance.

Privacy, security concerns high in HIEs

July 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Learn how to protect privacy and security when participating in a health information exchange.

Digital signatures, minimum necessary standard

July 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Chris Apgar, CISSP, president of Apgar & Associates in Portland, Ore., answers questions about digital signatures and the HIPAA minimum necessary standard.

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