Briefings on HIPAA

Q&A, Patient preference, incidental disclosures, and email blasts

Complying with the HIPAA Privacy Rule isn't always easy, but it can be even more complicated for assisted living facilities.

When it comes to data breaches, it's not a question of if, but a matter of when, says Cris V. Ewell, PhD, chief information security officer at Seattle Children's Hospital, Research, and Foundation.

The cloud has come to healthcare, but is cloud computing for your organization?

As increasingly more healthcare providers transition to electronic health records (EHR), the need for secure conversion of paper charts to electronic patient documentation also increases.

If you've listened to OCR officials recently, the audits to assess HIPAA compliance will continue in 2013.

One thing is certain. You don't want to wait until you receive a notification letter from OCR before you begin preparing for a HIPAA audit, says Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC, CCP, HIPAA privacy/security officer at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, Miss.

If you think complying with all of the HIPAA breach notification requirements is difficult, you're not alone.