HIPAA Workers Compensation Disclosures
The HIPAA Privacy Rule dictates how a healthcare provider may share protected information, or PHI in the workers compensation context. PHI disclosures to the employer and [...]
Phishing Emails Seemingly from Popular Companies
Phishing emails target recipients by posing as trusted entities, with the purpose of accessing the recipient's email account. Hackers have become sophisticated in drafting such emails, with 90% of cyberattacks [...]
New York Law Bans Sale of Patient Information
In October of 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation limiting the disclosure or sale of patient information by emergency responders. Specifically, under the New York law, emergency [...]
PHI Protection: How to Secure Healthcare Data
Healthcare data breaches have been highlighted recently, with several large breaches occurring over the last few months. Hackers target the healthcare industry as they hold a wealth of sensitive [...]
Azure HIPAA Compliance
Microsoft Azure is a cloud service provider (CSP) that allows businesses to store data in the cloud, rather than on their computers’ personal hard drives. Healthcare organizations, [...]
Overconfidence in Healthcare Data Security Putting PHI at Risk
Integris researchers conducted a survey in which they asked healthcare leadership to assess their data privacy maturity. They surveyed 258 executives from mid to large organizations, and found that [...]
Is Google Forms HIPAA Compliant?
Google Forms is a cloud-based form that can be used to conduct surveys or fill out questionnaires. A provider may use Google Forms to get feedback from patients about [...]
What is a Security Patch?
What is a software patch? A software patch, also known as a security patch, refers to a corrective piece of software that addresses errors within computer software code. These [...]
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Provider to Provider Communications
The HIPAA Privacy Rule allows for provider to provider communications - for providers that are part of a patient’s care team - to exchange clinical information, [...]
Is Freshdesk HIPAA Compliant?
Under HIPAA, Freshworks, the SaaS provider offering Freshdesk, is considered a business associate when working with healthcare clients to manage their CRM. In the past, Freshdesk [...]
