The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets out several guidelines for the adoption of portability and accountability rules regarding patient information. These guidelines ...

Attorneys can conduct security risks assessments under the color of client privilege, making it less likely to surface in discovery during litigation. But healthcare firms should consider the cons, as ...

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have recently launched a joint HIPAA Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. The ...

HIPAA privacy and security requirements are complex, and the failure to comply can be costly. When a security incident involving protected health information (PHI) occurs, the U.S. Department of ...

Risk Concept Colorful Icons Set Regardless of the challenges a smaller group might have, a risk assessment is a baseline for any HIPAA program. The cost of this assessment is considerably less than a ...

Four years ago, ransomware was just a blip on the healthcare industry’s radar. Today, it’s one of the biggest threats to the market – with 88 percent of all ransomware attacks targeting hospitals.

I have spent a good bit of my time over the past few months helping customers with risk assessments. Since many of the major regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA, PCI, and SSAE 16, all call for them ...