Enacted into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes five sections detailing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding protected health information (PHI). Failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties.
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September 17, 2018
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September 10, 2018
Originally published by Just Associates
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September 5, 2018
Wait times across all types of healthcare settings averaged nearly 19 minutes in 2017, according to a Vitals2 study. Practitioners with the longest wait times were emergency physicians (24.75 minutes on average) and general practitioners (22 minutes).
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August 27, 2018
Drivers such as HIPAA compliance, general PHI privacy, and concerns around unauthorized use have led to increased regulations for medical device security.
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August 21, 2018
Every year, hundreds of thousands of protected healthcare information (PHI) records are compromised, sometimes in one incident. Many data breaches are caused by inappropriate employee access, in addition to cybercrimes committed by computer hackers and unsecure storage in the cloud.
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August 15, 2018
Controlling and securing access to protected health information (PHI) is one of the most critical issues facing healthcare organizations today.
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August 8, 2018
Massachusetts lawmakers recently passed legislation that requires providers and pharmacies to switch to electronic prescribing of opioid medication by 2020, further validating the significant role technology can play in combatting our national prescription drug abuse epidemic.
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July 30, 2018
Security concerns continue to grow for healthcare organizations as systems integrate new technologies and as electronic patient health information (PHI) proliferates all aspects of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT).
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July 25, 2018
With the rise in adoption of new technology in the healthcare industry, robust, network-connected medical devices are rapidly becoming critical tools used during the course of patient care.
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July 23, 2018
Originally published by Just Associates
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