Protected health information of approximately 19,000 current and former employees of Toyota Industries North America Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, was exposed in a security incident, the company reported in a September notice.
Q: I went to a clinic and they asked to scan my driver’s license. They told me it was federal law and that I could not keep my appointment if I did not let them scan it. Were they right?
Most covered entities still use mailings to communicate with patients and members, so it is worth revisiting Aetna's 2017 mailing breach and the surrounding litigation to understand where negligence occurred and to take away some valuable lessons learned.
UMass Memorial Medical Group Inc. and UMass Memorial Medical Center Inc. reached a $230,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts in response to two data breaches that exposed the personal health information of more than 15,000 Massachusetts residents.
Q: How long are we required to retain the records of out-of-state patients? Do we follow HIPAA’s record retention requirements, our state record retention requirements, or the record retention requirements of the state in which the patient lives?
In this month's Product Watch, we look at a game-changing texting app. With the available technology, covered entities and business associates would be hard-pressed to justify sending PHI using unsecure texts.
This month's HIPAA Q&A includes answers on doctor's notes, scheduling appointments, hospital social media, alerting patients via text message, and more!
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced yesterday that it has reached separate settlements with three facilities for compromising the privacy of patient protected health information during the filming of “Boston Med,” an ABC television documentary series.
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) offered considerations to healthcare organizations for securing electronic devices and media in its August Cybersecurity Newsletter.
