Category Archives: Security

HIPAA Compliance and Working From Home

HIPAA Compliance and Working From Home When businesses choose to have their employees work from home there is a lot to consider, especially if those businesses work with protected health information (PHI). HIPAA compliance and working from home can be a difficult feat, as HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule standards must be upheld. HIPAA… Read More »

HHS Secretary Tom Price Stresses Burdens of Health Care IT

Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price spoke about the future of innovation in health care IT during his opening remarks at Health Datapalooza 2017. “People, patients, and partnerships” are going to be the driving forces behind the Trump Administration’s work in health care IT. Secretary Price commented on reducing the burden of… Read More »

HIPAA Roundup: Pharmacy Settlements and OCR Investigations

Over the past few years, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has considerably ramped-up its enforcement efforts for HIPAA violations. Pharmacies have continued to be hit with OCR investigations and massive fines for breaches of protected health information (PHI). These investigations are often initiated for minor privacy or… Read More »

Benefits of mHealth: The Physician Perspective

As a physician, you’re used to the feeling of having your attention pulled in several directions at once. Many days, it can seem as if you just don’t have enough time to see enough patients, run all the tests you’d like, or even communicate with your staff. That’s why so many doctors and healthcare workers… Read More »