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Protected Health Information, File Sharing and Email

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Protecting patient information is a crucial and necessary part of healthcare… but so is communicating effectively with patients. Considering that email continues to be the most common form of electronic communication, it stands to reason that providers meet patients where they are.  However, HIPAA regulations have rather strict requirements for protecting PHI, and plain email… Read More

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The HIPAA Security Rule and Risk Management

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The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the more complex regulations in the U.S., due in no small part to the complicated and open-ended nature of the law.  What should companies do? In this case, covered organizations are turning to risk-based assessments to help them support their security approaches.  Here, we… Read More