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When Can a Covered Entity Deny a Request to Amend PHI?
The HIPAA Privacy Rule permits patients to request that PHI contained in their medical records, be amended. The right is not unlimited, however, and a covered entity may deny a request [...]
HIPAA Role-Based Access
HIPAA Role-Based Access is a key concept of the HIPAA Security Rule. Under the Security Rule, healthcare organizations are required to implement access controls. Role-based access controls are a security technique that [...]
HIPAA Right of Access Noncompliance
A recent report from Ciitizen, a patients’ rights advocacy group, has revealed more than half of healthcare providers (51%) are not fully compliant with the HIPAA Right of Access provision under the HIPAA Privacy [...]
300,000 Patients Affected by December Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported 34 December healthcare breaches, affecting 313,249 patients. Of the reported incidents, there were 18 breaches due to hacking/IT incidents, 10 [...]
Banner Health Settles Data Breach Lawsuit
Banner Health is a non-profit healthcare organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. It operates a total of 34 hospitals and specialized facilities across six states. Banner employs over 50,000 employees. Recently, Banner [...]
HIPAA Cloud Service Providers
Cloud service providers (CSP) are businesses that provide network services, business applications, or infrastructure, in the cloud. The services are hosted in a remote data center that can be accessed through a company network [...]
