HIPAA Secure Now! Signs Agreement with the American Osteopathic Association, Provides Full Array of HIPAA Compliance Services to 100,000-Plus Members (PRWEB) October 21, 2014 HIPAA Secure Now! has forged a partnership with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to help members become fully compliant with HIPAA rules for protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI). Members will...
There is an insightful article over at WonderHowTo written by an IT security professional and forensic investigator. The article looks at ways to prevent hackers from accessing important information online. Specifically the article focuses on how to create strong passwords that will reduce the likeliness that your account will be hacked. All passwords can be...
Hot off the American Medical Association (AMA) Wire, a service that provides news and information to AMA members, is a reminder that the HIPAA audits will resume this year. The AMA Wire reminds members that the HIPAA audits will start as early as this summer If you haven’t conducted a privacy and security risk assessment...
Here is a quote from one of our IT partners: My client got physically upset at me when I brought up the topic of HIPAA. They didn’t want to discuss it and said it was just another government regulation and they just want to practice medicine. While I was shocked to hear someone actually say...
Here is a list of common HIPAA violations that we find while performing a HIPAA Risk Assessment: Using Dropbox to store PHI Everyone loves Dropbox! Dropbox is simple, easy to use and convenient. It makes backing up and sharing data very easy. Unfortunately Dropbox is NOT HIPAA compliant. So use Dropbox for personal use but...
Austin, TX — (SBWIRE) — 03/25/2014 — HIPAA Secure Now! (HSN) was voted best vendor at the ASCII IT SMB Success Summit held in Austin, TX. The ASCII event was well attended by Managed Service Providers (MSPs). HSN was represented by Art Gross HSN President and CEO and Patrick Felicetta HSN National Partner Relations. Gross...
When it comes to complying with the HIPAA Security and Omnibus Rules, there is a lot of confusion as to what needs to be done. And if you look at the amount of work it can be overwhelming; security risk assessment, employee training, policies and procedures, business associates, breach notification, encryption, disaster recovery to name...
WZZM13 is reporting that several employees of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI have been fired over a picture of a patient posted on Facebook. A source tells WZZM 13 News that an off-duty employee was in the emergency room when he saw an attractive female. He took a picture of her back side and...
This post is updated with an official company statement below Adult & Pediatric Dermatology of Concord, MA has agreed to pay a $150,000 HIPAA fine as a result of a HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation. The 12 physician practice was investigated by OCR after they reported a loss of an unencrypted thumb drive...
Microsoft recently released a research website that will help prevent the use of weak passwords. Weak passwords can be easily guessed and can put sensitive information including patient information at risk. The new site is called Telepathwords According to Microsoft: How does Telepathwords work: Telepathwords tries to predict the next character of your passwords by...
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