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7 Priciest HIPAA Incidents of 2015
Several six-figure HIPAA settlements were levied against healthcare organizations this year. Here are the top HIPAA incidents of 2015.
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has had a busy year enforcing the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. They’ve handed out several six-figure settlements due to the improper disclosure or handling of both personal health information (PHI) and electronic PHI (ePHI).Here are details of the top seven incidents, including two significant data breaches from 2015 that are still pending settlement. Â Click here for a PDF of the slideshow.Steph Weber is a freelance writer hailing from the Midwest. She writes about healthcare, finance, and small business, but finds her passion for the medical field growing in sync with the ever-changing healthcare laws.Â
Certifying Your Communications Technology is Secure
July 5th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Michael Parisi, Vice President of assurance strategy and Community Development at high trust Alliance, about how physicians and practice owners can discern whether or not communications technology they are interested in integrating into their practice is certified secure.
Cybersecurity breach reports low during the pandemic
September 7th 2020A new report from CI Security suggests cybersecurity breaches were lower during healthcare's rapid transition to virtual care throughout the pandemic. In this episode of Perspectives, we look at why this might be and other aspects of their report with CI Security's Healthcare Executive Strategist, Drex DeFord.
