By Nancy Brent MS JD RN – HIPAA is a federal law that protects the confidentiality and security of patient information. As a nurse, if you’re complying with this law and its regulations, you’re fulfilling your legal obligations relating to your patients’ confidentiality and the security of their health information.
By Zelda Meeker – When you think of HIPAA, what comes to mind? Privacy. Integrity. Trust. These elements and so much more come into play, especially in the age of social media. HIPAA mandates that nurses and other healthcare professionals protect sensitive patient information, ensuring confidentiality and trust in the patient-provider relationship.
Twenty-eight years ago, President Bill Clinton signed this historic bipartisan legislation into law. HIPAA ushered in many needed health care reforms. Today, HIPAA is best associated with requiring, for the first time, a set of standards for safeguarding the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information; it is administered and enforced by OCR.
By Katie Brenneman – The healthcare industry benefits from advances in technology in various areas. Some of these get a lot of attention in the sector, such as 3D printing in organ transplants and diagnostic software. But, for leaders of healthcare facilities, some tools can help with various practical elements of operations.
Selected articles from industry expert Art Gross on HIPAA security and compliance. These include effective BYOD policies for your healthcare practice, using social media in healthcare, and healthcare mobile device management.
From our host of Healthcare de Jure – Matt Fisher. When he is not practicing law, interviewing someone on his radio show. or parenting, he is penning thoughtful posts on healthcare. ICYMI we have you covered.
By Art Gross – As a covered entity or business associate, protecting sensitive patient information is not just a priority—it’s a legal and ethical obligation. HIPAA stands as the guardian of patient data, ensuring its security, privacy, and confidentiality. One of the cornerstones of HIPAA compliance is the Security Risk Assessment, a comprehensive evaluation of potential vulnerabilities and risks to patient data.
As patients increasingly permit access to their health information by way of third-party applications (apps), the need to ensure the privacy and security of this data has exponentially grown. Many of these apps are not covered entities under HIPAA and are not bound by any current privacy and security requirements
By Art Gross – The list of cybercrime tactics is always evolving, changing, and unfortunately growing. So, providing a complete list is something that no one could confidently do. However, you should be suspicious of emails or phone calls that request patient information or confirm information that the caller or emailer provides.
By Art Gross – Phishing is the practice of tricking users by imitating reputable companies in order to reveal personal or confidential information which can then be used in a more illicit manner. This is done via a deceptive email or website, and often in a combination of both.
By Art Gross – The Federal Trade Commission recently released a new policy statement that requires health apps and connected device companies that collect health information to comply with the Health Breach Notification Rule. Yes, that means those very apps that so many of us use to collect our heart rate, weight, sleep…
By Art Gross – The healthcare industry has been called to task this year in ways that make them heroic in the eyes of the world. As a global community, words can’t accurately convey the gratitude they deserve from all of us. Today we’re going to talk about another way, one that is less visible, but very important, in which healthcare workers are heroes of a different kind.
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