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HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA Needs to Keep Up With Information Technology

Core provisions of the HIPAA legislation have largely remained unchanged since their inception despite rapid evolution of technology to keep protected health information from hackers.

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Provider Confusion Often the Cause of Patient Access Rights Violations

Many healthcare providers are unclear as to when a request is made by an individual pursuant to a HIPAA authorization versus a HIPAA access request, particularly when a patient wants records to be sent to a third party, a HIPAA compliance officer at a law firm explained.

HIPAA Changes Guidance Rules to Help Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic

The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Practice Management

Age and Race May Determine Whether Cancer Patients Access Their Electronic Health Records

Black cancer patients were 44% less likely than White patients to enroll in a portal that provides access to electronic health records.

SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Risk Low Among Health Care Workers

Risk for reinfection was significantly reduced by 85% with the presence of antibodies

Password entry screen on computer screen.

Clinicians Warned to Hack-Proof All Their Medical Devices

Use of virtual private networks and storing data backups in an encrypted cloud are among the important ways to stop hackers from gaining access to information transmitted from medical devices.

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