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Mitigating Risk and Reducing Costs with Smart Healthcare Records Management

Healthcare IT Today

Here are a few steps healthcare providers can take to mitigate overall risk, reduce costs, and stay current with changing laws: Prioritizing Patient Needs with Smart Records Management Smart records management is the backbone of efficient and effective patient care in the modern healthcare landscape.

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How to Conduct Effective Compliance Audits 

American Medical Compliance

For instance, an individual who unknowingly violates HIPAA will pay a $100 fine per violation with an annual maximum of $25,000 for those who repeat violation, according to the National Institutes of Health. When conducted effectively, these audits can help healthcare providers avoid costly penalties.

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What Are the HIPAA Shredding Requirements?

Compliancy Group

Non-compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) shredding requirements puts patients, employees, and your organization at risk for privacy breaches, fraud, and other threats. Removing old or invalid documents requires compliance with HIPAA.

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Best HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Services

Total HIPAA

In this blog post, we review nine email encryption vendors ( Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, MailHippo, LuxSci, Protected Trust, Rmail, & Virtru ) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep your information safe when in transit. Barracuda – HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Service.

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Recommended HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Services

Total HIPAA

In this blog post, we review nine email encryption vendors ( Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, LuxSci, MailHippo, NeoCertified, Protected Trust, ProtonMail, Rmail, & Virtru ) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep your information safe when in transit. Setup takes less than 30 minutes.

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How to Ensure Dental Regulatory Compliance 

American Medical Compliance

These include but are not limited to the following: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA has strict guidelines regarding the privacy and security of patients’ protected health information (PHI).

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Weekly Roundup – December 23, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

New HIPAA Security Rule – and Enforcement – Is Coming in 2024. Mike Semel said updates to the HIPAA Security Rule should be in place by the end of next year , as ONC plans to release a draft rule in the spring. Read more… Mitigate Risk, Reduce Costs with Smart Health Records Management.