Take 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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Continue ReadingIf you haven’t heard yet, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has tweeted his way into a major problem. I will first start with a few jokes…I just can’t help it: “I see only two options here: Either Anthony Weiner has too many photos of his junk to keep track of, or ‘Certitiude’ is his nickname for [...]
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