Recently, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued a new series of helpful FAQs related to its information blocking regulations. The new FAQs cover a wide range of topics, including the content and...more
12/9/2021
/ Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Document Requests ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Information Technology ,
ONC ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
In 2018, we published an article on Walgreens’ use of session replay scripts and how such use could lead to an accidental data breach under HIPAA. Last week, an article in Vox explained how Walgreens was again apparently...more
Monday, April 5th, marked the deadline for compliance with the information blocking regulations implemented by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). As a follow-up to our earlier FAQs on these new...more
4/9/2021
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
Information Technology ,
ONC ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Regulatory Requirements
According to a recent U.S. Government Interagency report, ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat, targeting users of all types. An incredible 51 percent of respondents in a January 2017 study by the Ponemon...more
10/30/2017
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Security Rule ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes