Data theft of medical records is on the rise and will continue. Why? A few reasons: Medical data contains lots of “goodies” for ID theft It’s not that hard to steal Most medical practices don’t have solid privacy policies in place to follow (HIPAA regulations) Since EHR’s are a growing tool, there is more data [...]
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Continue ReadingPart of a self assessment and policy is understanding what makes sense. This NPR article notes some instances of poor risk management. Any business in the medical industry needs to fully understand the risk in loading a laptop (or other mobile device) with PHI. Quite frankly, I can’t come up with a single reason a [...]
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Continue ReadingWhat 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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