HIPAA Articles

Why Modern Technology May Not be HIPAA Compliant A lot of healthcare professionals today use their mobile [...]

If you discover that your organization’s management or a co-employee has committed a HIPAA violation, [...]

The HIPAA Rules place restrictions on the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) and healthcare [...]

Would you report a HIPAA violation if you suspect that one occurred in your workplace? If so, how would you [...]

In the healthcare industry, health information is often spoken of as protected health information or PHI, but [...]

A lot of healthcare organizations would like to use email for transmitting the protected health information [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has formally launched its Health Sector Cybersecurity [...]

A limited data set, as defined in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, is a set of identifiable healthcare data that [...]

Is Google Docs HIPAA compliant? Are HIPAA-covered entities allowed to upload files containing protected [...]

There is some confusion about HIPAA and the HITECH Act. HIPAA predates the HITECH Act by 13 years and is [...]

Is it acceptable for HIPAA-covered entities to use G Suite and can the suite of cloud services be used [...]

What are the HIPAA Training Requirements? HIPAA applies to Covered Entities (CEs) – healthcare [...]

The HIPAA risk analysis is a fundamental component of HIPAA compliance, but a lot of healthcare agencies and [...]

Under the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a covered entity or business associate [...]

Office 365 is a collection of subscription products from Microsoft that include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an essential set of regulations that were [...]

The acronym PHI is generally used in association with health information, but what does PHI stand for? What [...]

Is it possible for a patient to file a lawsuit for a HIPAA violation? There is no private cause of action in [...]

Everyday, there seems to be a new report about a healthcare provider or health plan that has been discovered [...]

Vendors offering their services to healthcare providers that would require access to protected health [...]

Some patients, and even some healthcare employees, may not be 100% sure exactly what is regarded as protected [...]

HIPAA-covered entities need to make certain that protected health information (PHI) sent by email is secure [...]

Are Emails HIPAA Compliant? The use of email by HIPAA-covered entities to send sensitive patient health [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reminded HIPAA-covered entities of [...]

A HIPAA release form signed by the patient ought to be acquired prior to sharing that individual’s [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced new guidance about the usage of EHR data in [...]

Patients who think that there has been a violation of HIPAA Rules can send a complaint to the Department of [...]

Rackspace is a cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas that provides public cloud and email hosting [...]

Two HIPAA-covered organizations have recently announced they have been victims of phishing attacks that [...]

To help HIPAA-covered entities to streamline HIPAA authorizations for the use of protected health information [...]

SendGrid is a platform that companies use for email marketing. It makes communicating marketing messages to [...]

Black Book Research has published the results of a survey on the use of mobile technology by hospitals and [...]

Apple has launched an application programming interface (API) that developers can use to create health apps [...]

Geofencing is a technology that creates a digital fence around a particular location or space online allowing [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reminding HIPAA covered [...]

Is it the End of Paging? Since changes have been made to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, there has been [...]

Email is a valuable and convenient means of communication. Can healthcare companies employ email to deliver [...]

Who should be informed within the covered entity when you want to make a HIPAA complaint? Any healthcare [...]

Amazon Web Services possesses all the security requirements to meet the HIPAA Security Rule and Amazon is [...]

A lot of HIPAA covered entities are not aware of the HIPAA Conduit Exception Rule. Consequently, there are [...]

Healthcare providers often question whether Google services are HIPAA compliant, including whether Google [...]

Healthcare companies are not forbidden by HIPAA to utilize cloud services. With cloud services, organizations [...]

Can healthcare organizations use HelloFax to send documents containing protected health information (PHI)? [...]

Healthcare companies and their business associates need to adhere to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach [...]

WebEx is a platform for online video conferencing and collaboration helping organizations interact with [...]

Can HIPAA covered entities use FaceTime for communicating protected health information (PHI) without breaking [...]

Is Facebook Messenger HIPAA compliant? Could it be used by healthcare organizations as the messaging service [...]

Software programs or email services cannot be completely HIPAA compliant, because technology is not just the [...]

The use of Amazon Alexa is limited in healthcare because it is not HIPAA compliant. But that may change [...]

Almost all SMS messaging platforms aren’t HIPAA Compliant. There is no HIPAA rule that particularly [...]

Healthcare companies and business associates that would like to access or share protected health information [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is an important legislation to the healthcare [...]

When WhatsApp declared it was launching end-to-end encryption,  healthcare organizations became interested [...]

Slack is an effective tool for communication and collaboration, however, there is a question on using Slack [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – or HIPAA is a vital legislation which affects [...]

It is the duty of HIPAA covered entities to make sure that their personnel know the right steps for reporting [...]

A patient is unable to sue a healthcare organization for a HIPAA violation and demand damages even though the [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a legislation introduced in 1996, mainly [...]

A lot of covered entities do not fully understand the requirements of HIPAA medical records retention and [...]

Can healthcare providers and its employees utilize Google Voice? Is this telephony service HIPAA compliant? [...]

The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires covered entities and business [...]

Because of the recent data breaches, the U.S Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Energy and [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) protect [...]

Whether you have a large or small business, if you’re engaged in the healthcare industry, HIPAA compliance [...]

Pharmacies are HIPAA-covered entities that must comply with the acceptable uses and disclosures of protected [...]

Healthcare workers such as nurses have direct involvement in the care of patients and often get access to [...]

Verizon’s annual Protected Health Information Breach Report is out. The report revealed the result of [...]

OCR explained in its March 2018 cybersecurity newsletter the importance of contingency planning. The HIPAA [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or HIPAA was signed into law by Pres. Bill [...]

Google Forms is an online tool that anyone can use to create surveys and get feedback from people? Can [...]

Google Sheets is a web-based Google program that allows the creation, viewing and sharing of spreadsheets. [...]

ProPublica released a study in 2015 that showed the reality of HIPAA social media violations involving [...]

Using social media such as Facebook and Twitter can help healthcare organizations in several ways. It helps [...]

The HIPAA Enforcement Rule allowed the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights to penalize healthcare organizations [...]

Yammer is another platform that healthcare organizations can potentially use for sharing ePHI. Does it [...]

HIPAA compliant file sharing requires maintaining the security, integrity and confidentiality of PHI both at [...]

Google Sheets is a service provided by Google to create, view and share spreadsheets. Can HIPAA-covered [...]

IBM Cloud is a service offered by IBM allowing organizations to do certain functions such as building native [...]

Cloud service providers are classified as business associates based on the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, which states [...]

Cloud storage services make it very convenient for people to share and store data. People using different [...]

The HIPAA Security Rule calls for the efficient management of information access. Personnel who are given [...]

When HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates cease operations, the obligation to follow HIPAA [...]

MediaPro published a recent report indicating the lack of preparedness of the healthcare industry to deal [...]

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules aim to keep protected health [...]

According to the HIPAA password requirements, there must be procedures for creating, changing and [...]

What are considered individually identifiable health information?  What are the permitted uses and [...]

Healthcare organizations often ask if they can use a Hotmail account to send protected health information. [...]

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) introduced a new bill (H.R 4613) to the U.S. House of [...]

OCR is doing its part to deal with the opioid crisis in the United States and fulfill its responsibilities [...]

Most healthcare organizations today use mobile devices including laptop computers, tablets, mobile phones and [...]

The HIPAA Breach Notification requirements must be followed by all covered entities and business associates [...]

When a reportable HIPAA breach occurs, the covered entity and its business associates need to comply with the [...]

Following the HIPAA breach notification requirements is a must for all HIPAA covered entities. This entails [...]

ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc announced to its pharmacy customers about a security breach as a result of the [...]

HIPAA violation penalties for nurses who breach HIPAA Rules have different levels of severity, based on the [...]

Many covered entities want to take advantage of cloud storage services, but it is important to consider if [...]

Text messaging platforms such as Skype are an efficint way of quickly sending information, but is does Skype [...]

Stolen mobile devices may result in the biggest exposures of Protected Health Information; however, the most [...]

Trying to decipher the HIPAA Compliance of Google Drive can be confusing. HIPAA compliance relates less about [...]

Despite the fact that many dental clinics are self-contained centers, the HIPAA rules for dentists apply to [...]