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On July 15, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced their most recent batch of healthcare organizations penalized for impeding patients’ rights in regards to their medical records.

When crafting the Omnibus Final Rule, HHS wanted to incorporate provisions of the HITECH Rule into HIPAA to boost business associate accountability.

It can be hard to visualize abstract concepts, so let’s pretend that the inside of your house is transmitted data. To make sure people don’t enter without your permission, you likely use a lock on the front door.

Individually Identifiable Health Information and Protected Health Information are similar. Here’s how you can tell them apart.

Learn about the serious consequences of a HIPAA violation, including steep penalties and damage to your organization’s reputation.

Threat vectors are the various avenues of breach used by hackers and other cybercriminals to access sensitive information for personal gain.

he Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The Breach Notification Rule was passed in 2009, following the Security Rule in 2005 and the Privacy Rule in 2000.

Protecting patient PHI is a mandatory aspect of healthcare today, so the Security Rule regulates how and when medical information can be disclosed.

Understand the Privacy Rule and its significance in HIPAA. Discover how it protects patient information and their rights.

Unfortunately, the lack of security and confirmation measures makes texting medical information a threat to HIPAA compliance.