ePHI

A Downfall of Giant PHI Databases

by HIPAA Admin on April 17, 2012

in HIPAA Headlines

As we are pushed to put all of our medical records in electronic form, we open ourselves up to new issues. This headline is what we can expect to see more of in the future: GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry [...]

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Secure Email is Not

by HIPAA Admin on January 20, 2011

in HIPAA Headlines

I don’t do “told you so” moments. I do learn from incidents. Now, let’s learn: Indianapolis, Indiana:  St. Vincent Hospital, Nov. 12, 2010 approximately 1,800 patient’s PHI was revealed to third parties. Read the disclosure announcement here. What happened? The hospital apparently has a secure email system. On November 12, 2010 some “hospital employees unintentionally [...]

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Army Soldier Data Stolen

by HIPAA Admin on May 14, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

Arg! Nope, not speak like a pirate day. That is me censoring and keeping things clean here. Details: Government Contractor Laptop Stolen from office CD-ROM in laptop had data on 207,000 Reservists Questions: Why was data not encrypted? Why was data on a CD-ROM? What is going on here? PHI on a mobile device (laptop/external [...]

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De-Identified Health Information

by HIPAA Admin on March 11, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

What does it take for PHI to not be PHI? Glad you asked…though in reality for a practice, this will not come up much, it is good to have an idea of what make a patient’s information PHI and therefore covered under HIPAA. Key Points: De-identified health information, as described in the Privacy Rule, is [...]

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