Ensuring Security of Mobile Devices
Health care providers are increasingly using mobile devices for patient care.
Health care providers are increasingly using mobile devices for patient care.
When a security breach occurs, these documents could make things easier during a government audit.
Federal requirements mandate only that the entire workforce in a practice be trained as ‘necessary and appropriate to their functions.’
A wide range of patient information is covered under HIPAA privacy statutes, which regulate how information is disclosed.
Confidential health information was sent to a patient’s employer by a physician, resulting in a HIPAA violation.
Compliance gurus bet there are at least a few things physicians are not doing to comply with HIPAA.
A nurse in the cardiology department of a large hospital saw nothing wrong with accessing the medical records of family members.
Healthcare providers have struggled with the need to comply with HIPAA, protect patient privacy and share information.
A routine file maintenance ended in arrest and jail time for a licensed nurse who shared a patient’s medical information with her spouse.