Remove HIPAA Remove Information Remove US Department of Health and Human Services
article thumbnail

HIPAA Refresher Training

American Medical Compliance

The HIPAA Refresher training reinforces your understanding of key HIPAA provisions, highlights recent updates, and provides practical tips for maintaining compliance in your daily operations. In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, safeguarding patient information is more critical than ever.

HIPAA 79
article thumbnail

The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Overcome HIPAA Myths to Enhance the Protection of Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

For many of us, change is hard. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. New products and features designed to protect data from the latest attack vectors and human errors are released regularly.

HIPAA 145
article thumbnail

Platform Dive: Three HIPAA-compliant Alternatives to Google Analytics

HealthIT Answers

By Christy Jones - Hospitals, health systems, and medical practices are increasingly aware that Google Analytics does not satisfy HIPAA requirements. The US Department of Health and Human Services released guidance bringing IP addresses under the umbrella of protected health information.

article thumbnail

Deadline to Report 2023 Small Breaches to Health and Human Services (HHS)

Total HIPAA

If the Covered Entity or Business Associate discovers additional information later, they should submit updates as indicated on the HHS form. Definition of HIPAA Breaches A simple oversight or event may qualify as a HIPAA breach. What if My Business Associate Logged the HIPAA Breach?

article thumbnail

Is Stripe HIPAA Compliant?

HIPAA Journal

Stripe is not HIPAA compliant and – other than its payment processing services – should not be used by covered entities and business associates to create, collect, store, or transmit Protected Health Information (PHI). Is Stripe HIPAA Compliant? CCPA , GDPR , PIPEDA , EU-US Data Privacy Framework, etc.)

HIPAA 92
article thumbnail

Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

HIPAA 119