Briefings on HIPAA

HIPAA has hit home for business associates (BA) and their subcontractors.

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.

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.

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

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

How one healthcare organization survived a major data breach and OCR enforcement ­action

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