It is not unusual for me to rant here about the ridiculous level of recklessness the medical community has for our PHI. Specifically, the easiest thing to point out, as it happens all the time, is the “theft” (or loss) of a portable storage device. For those keeping score, a portable storage device is anything [...]
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Continue ReadingTake a look at a list of PHI breaches and there are a few items that stand out: Many are at the hands of a contractor Most are portable storage device losses or theft (this includes tapes, laptops, etc) Lots are at big government entities One of the goals of HIPAA regulations is to give [...]
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Continue ReadingLaptop. Lost? Stolen? Does it matter? No. Hurley Medical Center in Flint Michigan can’t find a laptop that had upwards of 2,000 patients on it. “The medical center has a policy that laptops must be password protected and have a tracking device…” Quick reminder – password protection doesn’t mean squat. You must encrypt! I am [...]
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Continue ReadingWe are going to see over the next few years that, any time PHI is made available to someone other than the patient, it will be considered a breach. A perfect example if given to us by the BCBS of Florida as they accidentally sent some 3,500 monthly explanation of benefits statements out. The problem [...]
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Continue ReadingYou certainly don’t want your practice name to precede that headline in your local news paper. __________Kept Clients in Dark No two ways about it that is BAD. Yet we have major players screwing up seemingly straight forward issues. Sony with the (repeated) PSP hacks Weinergate – need I say more? Now we have Citibank [...]
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