Briefings on HIPAA

Would all your staff members know what to do if their laptop computers were lost or stolen?

Q. Please explain in an understandable way for nontechnical individuals what level of encryption is needed for e-mail to be considered secure as defined in the interim final breach notification rule.

Mac McMillan, CISSM, has an insider’s look at what it’s like to undergo a HIPAA compliance audit.

All covered entities (CE) face the question, “Will the data be there when I need it?”

How well you train your workforce members will determine whether you score points or encounter problems during a HIPAA compliance audit.

Navigating the new world of social media is challenging for many professions, but perhaps none more so than the medical profession, where physicians and other healthcare professionals must balance a tell-all online culture with the HIPAA Privacy Rule's mandate to protect patient privacy.

If your healthcare organization hasn’t yet completed a security risk analysis, you just got another reason to conduct one.

Technology is changing rapidly, and it's creating big challenges for healthcare organizations when it comes to protecting PHI. Privacy and security officers should keep an eye on these changes-from more mobile devices to social media to cloud computing-over the next several months, according to a group of ­industry prognosticators.

They are becoming as common in healthcare as a stethoscope draped around a physician's neck. Check the pocket of a doctor's white coat, and you're likely to find a mobile device, whether it be a tablet computer or a smartphone.