• Imagine leaving boxes full of medical records on the drive way! It happened and it cost $ 800,000. Can you prevent it?
  In spite of the continued emphasis on the need for protecting Patient Health Information (PHI), there are still few healthcare enterprises who take things for granted!
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• Imagine leaving boxes full of medical records on the drive way! It happened and it cost $ 800,000. Can you prevent it?
  In spite of the continued emphasis on the need for protecting Patient Health Information (PHI), there are still few healthcare enterprises who take things for granted!
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• Insights as you Broach Breach Prevention in 2014
  Breach prevention is a crucial goal for every healthcare entity. While you want to avoid the pain caused to your organization in the event of a breach, you also want to protect the interest of your patients and health plan members.
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• Intelligent Vendor Management Programs – Vital to Ward off Breaches
  No organization can afford to take the risk of inadequate data protection, particularly when it is business associates dealing with sensitive patient information.
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• Internal Threats Are No Myth – Jamaica Hospital Stands Testimony
  You may often assume that threats to electronic health records are always from outsiders. But the fact is that internal threats are equally prevalent and pose much more danger to an entity’s data. An incident at Queens, New York based Jamaica Hospital is proof to this fact.
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• Internal Threats Are No Myth – Jamaica Hospital Stands Testimony
  You may often assume that threats to electronic health records are always from outsiders. But the fact is that internal threats are equally prevalent and pose much more danger to an entity’s data. An incident at Queens, New York based Jamaica Hospital is proof to this fact.
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• Irrespective of business size, Pay Huge Penalities for HIPAA Non Compliance
  Regardless of size, covered entities need to take action and will be held accountable for safeguarding their patients’ health information. This is a fact that the non-profit Hospice of North Idaho learnt the hard way. In the first of its kind, a federal investigation of a health information breach, that affected fewer than 500 individuals has resulted in a penalty for HIPAA violations.
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• IT security and compliance
  Today an indispensable aspect of IT security is proficient management of regulatory compliance requirements.
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• Lack of Encryption Causes Major Breach, Yet Again
  There has been enough and more said about the importance of encryption in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). But data breaches resulting due to lack of encryption continue to fill up the ‘wall of shame’, with the latest addition being a breach reported by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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• Latest HIPAA Breach Brings Bad News to 169k Individuals
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• Legal Tips for HIPAA Omnibus Compliance
  With the HIPAA Omnibus rule compliance deadline set for September 23rd this year, it’s time to accelerate compliance and security measures and make sure you leave no avenue for a breach. Industry experts and law firms have been providing valuable insights into the final rule and have been suggesting best practices for covered entities since the rule was announced on January 18th.
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• Lessons Learned From the ‘Wall of Shame’
  The HIPAA breach notification rule came into effect in September 2009. According to federal authorities, in these four years, the ‘Wall of Shame’ has seen 674 major breaches that affected a total of 27 million individuals.
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• LinkedIn Breach Shocks Users-Nearly 6.5 Million Accounts Compromised
  Several LinkedIn members were up for a shock on June 6th when their account passwords were ‘no longer valid’. LinkedIn confirmed a breach of its network which led to the compromise of hashed passwords associated with LinkedIn accounts. Although there is no confirmation as to the number of passwords that have been affected, several reports estimate it to be about 6.5 million.
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• Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records (EHR)
  If you are looking to achieve meaningful use to qualify for Electronic Health Record (EHR), eGestalt’s SecureGRC offers a comprehensive information security & compliance solution ensuring that your patients’ health information is protected at all times.
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• Milestones to Cross Before the HIPAA Enforcement Deadline
  The HIPAA omnibus enforcement deadline of September 23rd is fast approaching, and with less than two months left, it’s time for covered entities and business associates to spruce up compliance efforts and tick-off tasks in the to-do list.
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• More Breaches Added to Federal Tally
  Data breach incidents seem to be on the rise despite rigid security regulations and stringent legal action against non-compliant entities. There have been 489 breaches affecting 21 million individuals in total since September 2009. Twenty-five incidents of breach affecting 215,000 individuals have been added to the Federal Tally of Major Healthcare Information Breaches over the past month alone.
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• New HIPAA Audit Plans Met with Mixed Reviews
  The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights actively preparing for the next round of HIPAA compliance audits are encountering mixed reviews
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• Not HIPAA Compliant Yet? Time to Look in the Mirror
  Government statements indicate that Health data breaches have been growing at a disturbing rate. Are you HIPPA Compliant?
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• Number of Data Breach Victims Doubled in 2013
  With contributions of a few mega healthcare data breaches in 2013, the number of individuals affected now is more than twice the number in 2012.
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• OCR Audits Add to Your Responsibilities. It’s Warm-Up Time!
  With OCR audits going on in full swing, your legal responsibilities as a healthcare provider have doubled. It’s not just about being compliant anymore- you should be in a position to prove your compliance with HIPAA regulations to the OCR team. The HIPAA audits seek to ascertain that all covered healthcare entities and their business associates are compliant with the requirements of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
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