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Common Misconceptions About HIPAA Heard at Smaller Medical Faculties

January 17, 2011 by melanierivera

If you are a fully trained HIPAA professional whose day to day existence revolves around maintaining compliance this post is not for you. If on the other hand you are a busy member of staff at a doctors office or other smaller medical facility it probably is, since even after all these years there is … [Read more…]

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HIPPA Violations Scarier than Surgical Fires?

January 12, 2011 by melanierivera

Wonder just how worried hospital administrators are about potential HIPAA breeches due to IT failure and mistakes? According to a poll taken and published by Healthcare IT News worried enough to put IT failures at number five on their Top Ten list of general technology hazards an institution might face. According to that report the … [Read more…]

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Shark Attack Victim Suing Hospital for HIPAA Violations

September 22, 2010 by melanierivera

Two years after he survived a shark attack, Todd Murashige is suing a Honolulu, HI hospital for violating his privacy under the HIPAA act because staff at the hospital photographed his severely bitten leg and posted the images on the Internet without his permission. Todd Murashige was attacked by what was believed to be a … [Read more…]

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Connecticut AG and Healthnet Cut a Deal over HIPAA Security Breach

July 21, 2010 by melanierivera

Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal made a little bit of history back in January of this year when he became the first AG in the country to bring a HIPAA enforcement action, which he did against insurance giant Health Net. Now he has just made a little more by announcing he has brokered the … [Read more…]

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