Healthcare Data Security Technology: HIPAA Compliance

Hipaa Security Rule Compliance in Small Healthcare Facilities: a Theoretical Framework

The protection of personal information is an area of growing concern for individuals, organizations, and governments. Threats to information security in the healthcare sector carry additional risk since not only are patients’ identities and financial information at risk, but health data is at risk as well. The exposure of sensitive information can cause financial hardship, mental anguish, and i...

Applying your corporate compliance skills to the HIPAA security standard.

Compliance programs are an increasingly hot topic among healthcare providers. These programs establish policies and procedures covering billing, referrals, gifts, confidentiality of patient records, and many other areas. The purpose is to help providers prevent and detect violations of the law. These programs are voluntary, but are also simply good business practice. Any compliance program shou...

The cost of HIPAA compliance.

Healthcare Information Security, Compliance, and Risk

These trends promise major benefits that will empower healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, by improving the quality and reducing the cost of patient care. However, these trends also increase privacy and security risks that must be managed to avoid security incidents, such as breaches. Compounding this challenge are the ongoing cost-reduction pressures in healthcare and the limited ...

HIPAA compliance: the law, reality, and recommendations.

The physicians of today and tomorrow face the most daunting set of regulations ever imposed on the practice of medicine. Through the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the federal government has thrust its regulatory authority into three of the most controversial and cutting-edge issues in medical practice management: privacy, electronic transact...