Common mistakes to avoid to be guarded from HIPAA Audits and Penalties in 2015

Irrespective of the industry, the digital era demands protection of employee privacy and particularly the healthcare information as a vital obligation on the part of every employer. While the governments have designed HIPAA and HITECH laws to effectively manage this information, remaining compliant to these regulations is a daunting challenge in the world of cyber…

Healthcare Industry gears up to meet the EHR Audits in the New Year

The HER audits are around the corner. The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to encourage healthcare providers to adopt electronic health record systems and ensure secure data sharing practices, brought forth the EHR incentive program. Even as the meaningful use incentive program was intended to encourage healthcare industry adopt digitalization of data, these providers…

Shellshock – New Vulnerability that Healthcare Sector must address now

As the federal tally of major breaches increased to a total of 1074 incidents affecting 33.7 million individuals since 2009, there are more such incidents added to the list every day. Health care organizations on a global scale, though being technologically sound with latest equipment, embedded software and networked environment, are increasingly becoming targets for…

Phase 2 HIPAA Audits to Begin Soon

Phase 2 of the much talked about HIPAA audits will soon begin, and the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is all set to review the compliance of covered entities and their business associates with all privacy, security, and breach notification standards set by the Health Information Technology for…