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Reducing Risks of an EHR Incentive Payment Audit
So now it’s audits of the incentive payment program under meaningful use. Given the program’s complexity along with some other issues noted in the article, it’s not surprising to hear that a lot of...
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Five Tips to Make Patient Privacy Part of Your Organizational DNA
Some really sound advice here, particularly #’s 1 and 3. If you go through the 5 items and find yourself going “did we do this?” you know you need to get moving and take care of these issues before...
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Secure Texting In Healthcare – Ways to Keep Patient Information Private
This is an area that troubles most practices. Texting is so ubiquitous and pervasive today, it’s a matter of time until a HIPAA violation results from its use. If you are using texting at your...
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Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
While this isn’t something new, it does warrant some additional exposure simply because it is so easy for data to find its way out of an organization without their really knowing or understanding that...
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HIPAA Omnibus: Business Associate Tasks
Probably one of the biggest changes concerning the Omnibus HIPAA rule released on Jan. 24th pertains to Business Associates (BA‘s) and sub-contractors. HHS made it clear that BA’s are bound by the...
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HIPAA Security Risk Analysis Tips – ONC Guide to Privacy and Security of...
Nice summary of tips concerning available Risk Assessment. Worth a few minutes of anyones time who might be wondering…. In May, in it’s ONC Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information, ONC...
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