HIPAA Journal published an article online this week regarding General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance. Their article states that the goal of their short piece is to provide a checklist for companies or businesses who are concerned with GDPR compliance. Their list should permit such entities to take initial steps in order to comply with GDPR … [Read more…]
Here is another clip of Doc Vader doing what he does best, putting a smile on your face. This time discussing the misuse of the ER. Click the video below to watch! For daily HIPPA News visit our HIPAA News sidebar at https://hipaanews.net If you would like to receive an email update every time HIPAA news … [Read more…]
This week MSPmentor published an article online regarding the current pace of HIPAA breaches potentially doubling that of 2016. According to the article, the 66 percent increase – thus far – is driven by a sharp rise in the number of incidents designated as “Hacking/IT Incident,” which were up 82 percent, to 104 in 2017. … [Read more…]
This week Mondaq published an article online regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reminded health care providers of the importance of ensuring the availability and security of health information during and after natural disasters. According to the article, OCR recently published a bulletin during Hurricane Harvey discussing how the HIPAA … [Read more…]