Right to Access was Implemented to Protect Patients but is Hurting Patients & Providers Alike (Part 1)

Sep 17, 2019 | HSN

The following blog was written for the HIPAA Secure Now community by DataFile Technologies, a leading provider of health data management including fast records release services with a 24-hour turn-around time, and an industry-leading accuracy rate over 99.9%. You may...

Compliance & Cybersecurity Go Hand-In-Hand

Sep 16, 2019 | HSN

Humans or HIPAA? When it comes to healthcare organizations addressing the HIPAA compliance of their business, many feel prepared and comfortable, readily checking that “compliant” box. But addressing the human part of security falls by the wayside too often. ...

Ransomware Hits Hundreds of Dental Offices

Sep 5, 2019 | HSN, ransomware

A Toothache Beyond Repair Hackers have used the very software that hundreds of dentists relied on to run their business, to bring it to their knees.  A ransomware attack is responsible for shutting down computers at roughly 400 dental offices all over the U.S. The...

Why We Need to Go Beyond HIPAA

Aug 20, 2019 | HSN

HIPAA – Then & Now The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, has been around since 1996, with the intent to protect patients by properly handling their protected health information (PHI). With good intentions, HIPAA set...

Allscripts to Pay $145 Million for Practice Fusion EHR Investigation

Aug 12, 2019 | HIPAA Violations, HSN

As many of you know, an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a digital record of a patient’s paper charts, updated in real-time.  This is an incredible option to have in the world of medicine, where information can be exchanged between doctors as well as business...