In a recent Guidance, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) appears to have attempted to reverse an impression that its
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HIP-HIP(AA)-HOORAY: Margaret Davino, Esq. Joins Fox Rothschild HIPAA Team and Offers 5 Tips for 2016 HIPAA Compliance
I’m sure fellow bloggers Bill Maruca and Michael Kline join me in giving three cheers for the recent growth in our firm’s health care practice (welcome, Minneapolis!) and…
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Emailing PHI? NIST Seeks Comments on Trustworthy Email by November 30, 2015
When and how should you email PHI, if at all? The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) offers guidance as to the permissibility of sending PHI via email in this “Frequently…
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Even the Federal Government Can’t Hide: How a High-End Cyberattack Breached One of the Most “Protected” Systems
Guest Blogger: Violetta Abinaked, Summer Associate (originally posted by Mark McCreary’s on Privacy Compliance & Data Security)
With data breaches being the quickly trending “flavor of the month”…
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Is that Cute Baby Photo Really PHI? Calming the HIPAA Hullabaloo
Last Sunday’s New York Times article by Anemona Hartocollis on the illegality of posting baby pictures in a doctor’s office made me wonder if anyone I know could pick my…
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Where is your data safer – your own server or the cloud?
As physicians and other covered entities evaluate EHR systems, a recurring question is security from intrusion or other breach. Counterintuitively, a recent blog post at www.softwareadvice.com suggests that the safest place for health data…
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