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Meaningful Use Explained?

by HIPAA Admin on July 20, 2010

in Uncategorized

Isn’t it exciting when the government finally explains rules they set forth ?
Isn’t it great when the government clearly and concisely details for all to understand the hoops that must be jumped through in order to receive money promised?
I speak of course about the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) incentive [...]

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“Do No Evil” says Google

by HIPAA Admin on June 22, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

That is the famous motto of Google…”do no evil”.
Cloud storage is the current hot topic these days.
Many don’t realize that Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL mail, etc are the precursor to cloud storage.
So, is there anything wrong with cloud storage?
Not if it is managed properly.
Today I was discussing with a client, and their IT person, an [...]

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Copy Machine Violations

by HIPAA Admin on June 18, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

HIPAA Violations in Your Copy Machine?
Bryan Malatesta, CPA
iTotal Solutions.com

Does your practice use a copy machine? Do you ever make copies of patient information? If so, there is a good chance that your practice could be setting itself up for a violation of the HIPAA laws! Let me explain using the following simple scenario:
Your patient comes [...]

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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 hard drive/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/thumbdrive) that is not encrypted is just asking for disaster.
Don’t [...]

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Erase Hard Drive for HIPAA

by HIPAA Admin on May 10, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

Often, when I tell my children what I want them to do, I get the blank stare and head nod.
More recently, any time I speak to my children I require the following:

Pause your video game
Look me in the eye.

Don’t act like my children on this subject.
First, another report of stolen laptops:
Five laptops were stolen from [...]

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