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Another HIPAA Breach Due related to Email

by Michael Brody

Last week we published an article that Prestera Health was breached due to a vulnerability in their email system. This Week Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, WA experienced a breach related to their email system.
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Maintain a Culture of Compliance: December

by Tahlia Brody, CHP, VP of Customer Service TLD Systems

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address dedicating a privacy officer, testing your backups and proper disposal of patient records.
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How does the government find out about HIPAA violations?

by Dr. Michael Brody, DPM, CEO TLD Systems

One of the more common causes of Government Investigations into possible HIPAA violations are patient complaints.
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Even Governments can be fined for HIPAA Violations

by Dr. Michael Brody, DPM, CEO TLD Systems

New Haven, Connecticut failed to terminate an employee’s access to their Health Records System after the employee left. The former employee may have accessed a file containing the Protected Health Information of only 498 Patients.
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Understanding the HIPAA Right of Access Rule

by Dr. Michael Brody, DPM, CEO TLD Systems

When we discuss HIPAA most of the articles have been on security and breaches, but HIPAA goes well beyond privacy and Security.  One aspect of the HIPAA rule is the “Right of Access”.   OCR (The Office for Civil Rights – the branch of HHS the enforces HIPAA) is enforcing this law even more strongly since the 21 Century Cures Act was published.  OCR has begun to levy fines against organizations that are in violation of the “Right of Access” rule.
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Maintain a Culture of Compliance: September

by Tahlia Brody, CHP, VP of Customer Service TLD Systems

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address HIPAA training, encrypting your drives and Business Associate Agreements
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Clinic Pays $1.5 Million for Data Breach
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Clinic Pays $1.5 Million for Data Breach

by Dr. Michael Brody, DPM, CEO TLD Systems

Very often we have companies that provide us with computer hardware and software support can access our computer systems. The question is how secure are our trusted partners? In this case an Orthopedic Clinic did not properly manage access to their network and it cost them $1.5 million.
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Time to Get Your Drives Encrypted

by Tahlia Brody, CHP, VP of Customer Service TLD Systems

Have you encrypted your laptops? No? You should probably start thinking about getting those devices encrypted.
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