• Importance of IT Security and Compliance Management Policies
  Many companies think that IT GRC practices and compliance management initiatives are cumbersome and guarantees very few returns.
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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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• 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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• IT Security and Compliance Management Blogs
  One of the best ways to learn about Compliance is by reading about happenings and opinions in the blog post of eGestalt. Get the top HIPAA and OCR Audit blogs and get a unique perspective to pressing new compliance and audit problems
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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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• 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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• 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 Enforcement & Penalties for HIPAA Non-Compliance
  Healthcare entities now have to take protection of Patient Health Information much more seriously than ever before- because non-compliance with HIPAA can now attract a whole range penalties, both civil and criminal., The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, better known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule put forth a set of national standards for use and disclosure of individuals’ health information.
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• Permanent HIPAA Audit Program to Begin in 2014
  The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights had earlier announced that the audit program would resume in the fiscal year 2014. The latest update is that federal regulators are planning a permanent HIPAA audit program that would begin next year.
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• Revamp of HIPAA Disclosures Rule Endorsed
  Safeguarding patient health information has always remained one of the top priorities for healthcare. To further this interest, federal advisors have spelled out revisions to the HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures Rule.
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• Rodriguez’s Thoughts & Guidance on HIPAA Enforcement
  In the keynote presentation at the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston on 23rd September, the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Leon Rodriguez addressed the areas of focus for the HIPAA enforcement actions to be undertaken by OCR, and gave specific perspective advice for organizations that are under the purview of OCR.
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• Secure Electronic Health Records With Risk & Compliance Management Solutions
  Software application developments have made it possible for the medical sphere to innovate and use new age technologies to introduce advanced ways of operations.
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• SecureGRC - IT Security and Compliance Webinars
  eGestalt offers you free on demand IT Security and Compliance webinars on how SecureGRC can help organizations to gain control and improve compliance levels across regulation while effectively managing the status.
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• Small Breach but Big Price for HIPAA Violation
  While there has been continued emphasis on the need for conducting risk analysis and encrypting data, there are still many providers who are yet to take these calls for action seriously.
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