15 Cyber Security Questions You Should Be Able to Answer Data breaches are happening everyday and cyber criminals are getting more and more creative. Do you know what to do to protect your home and personal devices? Find out with these cyber security questions! You should try to use the same password across multiple accounts…
What’s Your HIPAA Violation IQ? Are you a HIPAA master or novice? Find out below with our HIPAA Violation IQ Quiz! What type of PHI does HIPAA protect? Electronic Paper Spoken All of the above You're bringing your laptop home to catch up on some work but have to stop to pick up groceries first.…
The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law over 20 years ago. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was created in 2009 to, in part, encourage the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology. A number of additions have been made to HIPAA to…
Technical assessments can save your business: Assessments are important. You can’t fix a problem if you don’t know it exists. Once you’re aware of issues, it’s much easier to develop a plan of attack. This is where we come in. We assess your network in order to address your vulnerabilities and maintain a stringent level…
We’re shedding some light on the top 5 healthcare data breaches of all time. You probably don’t need us to tell you how important HIPAA compliance is. You know that breaches can put your patients at risk and be catastrophic on your wallet. You read about data breaches in the news nearly every day. Yet…
The basics Section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act requires that all healthcare breaches impacting 500 or more individuals must be posted by the Secretary. We visited the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ Breach Portal and gathered data from the August 2018 – November 2018 reports* to give you a quick…