Briefings on HIPAA

Does your organization treat HIPAA compliance as kismet or karma?

The HIPAA Privacy Rule de-identification ­standard-Section 164.514(a)-includes two ­methods by which health information can be designated as de-identified: expert determination and safe harbor.

Q. I was told I would be "terminated" if I did not sign a release of medical information. Is this a valid authorization?

If there's one conclusion that OCR is ready to draw from the 115 HIPAA compliance audits conducted last year, it's that there is plenty of room for improvement.

Many healthcare organizations face the challenge of protecting patient records and reducing the stress that results from a data breach.

Add another piece of evidence to the pile that shows data breaches in healthcare organizations are common and human error is often to blame.

Citrix ShareFile offers a secure file-sharing solution that can be used to securely collaborate on documents, forward medical images to other healthcare providers, share treatment information with patients, and provide other ways to connect workforce members, healthcare entities, and individuals.

Unless you've been completely out of touch, by now you know that HHS has finally released the final rule that HIPAA privacy and security officers have been waiting for.

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