HIPAA Audit: OCR Is On The Move
While Cignet is recovering from the shock of $4.3 million fine slapped on it for HIPAA violation, barely two days later, the General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. or better known as the Mass General gets hit with a fine of $1 million penalty for blatant exposure of patients’ records in a subway train!
Reports of renowned organizations being subjected to steep penalties due to HIPAA violation are becoming regular. These reports have already started creating negative impressions directed at healthcare organizations, and giving patients an opinionated view. The increase in the penalty amount from $25,000 to $1.5 million as per the HITECH Act proves the significance of enforcing stringent measures for patients’ data protection. Yet organizations fail to convey the message effectively to their employees inviting trouble and criticism.
It is time healthcare organizations and providers took impacting decisions to fulfill their responsibilities. If the well-known organizations are capable of such negligence – willful or otherwise, jeopardizing the lives of their patients, then there is very little hope that small medical practices would not falter on this account. In any case it is the lives of the patients that are at stake.
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This solution is best suited for small medical practices as it keeps them in sync with HIPAA and HITECH regulations. It also ensures that the regulations relevant to business associates are up to date and concurrent with HITECH Compliance standards. It is only when organizations demonstrate a responsible healthcare compliance attitude towards their patients that they can expect a positive trend for mending and uplifting their battered reputation. With SecureGRC SB we can expect that trend soon, thus providing organizations relief from penalties and assuring patients sanctity of personal information.
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