When crafting the Omnibus Final Rule, HHS wanted to incorporate provisions of the HITECH Rule into HIPAA to boost business associate accountability.
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.
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.
The 21st Century Cures Act requires health IT professionals and organizations to prevent information blocking by making PHI accessible to valid requestors.
Insourcing the release of information means processing medical records requests using your own team. Our ROI solution makes it easy for your medical staff to hit the ground running with health information exchange and care coordination.
