Undocumented policies and procedures are among the top five stumbling blocks to HIPAA compliance that Chris Apgar, CISSP, finds when he audits healthcare organizations.
Breaches are expensive, and the price tag increases when preparation and formal documentation are lacking. Identity Theft Guard Solutions, LLC, in Portland, OR, doing business as ID Experts, has introduced a do-it-yourself breach assessment, monitoring, and investigation tool called RADAR™ that helps reduce costs associated with lack of preparation, breach investigation, notification, and documentation.
The May tornado that destroyed a medical center in Joplin, MO, raised an important question: How can healthcare providers protect patients' PHI when disaster strikes?
Organizations have had their chance to weigh in on the proposed accounting of disclosures rule, and some larger ones don't exactly see it working as written. Here is what some organizations had to say.
