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Encrypting Sensitive Data to Meet HIPAA Compliance OTAVA

WEBEncrypting Data to Meet HIPAA Compliance. To address the question of whether or not to use data encryption when it comes to meeting HIPAA compliance and …

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Largest HIPAA breach ever: Hackers steal data on 4.5 million

WEBA hacking group known as “APT 18” is suspected of stealing names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdays and telephone numbers from 4.5 million patients …

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Who Needs To Be HIPAA Compliant

WEBThe following is a more specific list of who needs to be HIPAA compliant: Covered healthcare providers (hospitals, clinics, regional health services, individual …

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HIMSS 13: HHS Final Ruling Changes the Rules & Roles for

WEBThe final ruling is effective starting March 26, 2013 and enforcement starts on September 23rd. Any BAA signed with a provider prior to Jan. 25, 2012 with a hosting …

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Nine Components of a HIPAA Risk Analysis OTAVA®

WEBThe HHS Security Standards Guide outlines nine mandatory components of a risk analysis that healthcare organizations and healthcare-related organizations that …

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What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule

WEBPhysicians are entrusted with some of the most intimate and personal information in a patient’s lifetime—account and identity information as well as health …

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What is HIPAA Compliance

WEBOtava’s white paper on HIPAA Compliance for cloud services is ideal for executives and IT decision-makers seeking a primer as well as up-to-date information …

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Components of a HIPAA Compliant IT Contingency Plan OTAVA®

WEBA HIPAA contingency plan is to respond to business disruptions or disasters, not necessarily data breaches. To summarize the actual IT Contingency Plan document, …

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Utah Healthcare Data Breach Costs the State $9 Million

WEBA year later, a report is released revealing that the state has spent about $9 million total on remediation – including security audits, upgrades and credit monitoring …

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The HIPAA Security Rule, According to the HHS (VIDEO)

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a series of informative videos offering tips and advice for covered entities and those that …

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HIPAA Glossary of Terms Health Information and References

WEBHIPAA Glossary of Terms. Anyone who has access to patient information, whether directly, indirectly, physically or virtually. Additionally, any organization that …

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Disaster Recovery for HIPAA Applications

WEBDisaster Recovery – assuring that the applications and data can be recovered and restored in a reasonable timeframe to continue running the business and …

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Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Business Associate Agreements

WEBIn addition to redefining business associates (BAs) and including subcontractors in the scope of liability, the final HIPAA omnibus rule has prompted the …

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Mobile Health App Regulations: FDA & HIPAA OTAVA®

WEBMobile Health App Regulations: FDA & HIPAA. Mobile healthcare and apps, mHealth, is, at times, quite literally a matter of life and death. And from my recent …

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Sutter Health HIPAA Breach: Lessons Learned OTAVA®

WEBThe Sutter Health HIPAA breach of 3.3 million patient demographic data from 1995 to January 2011 was recently reported – and an additional 943,000 patients …

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Four reasons why if you’re in healthcare, you need

WEBTo get you started, here are four benefits of encrypting your data: If your hardware is stolen, encrypted data is not necessarily breached if the encryption keys …

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Why disaster recovery is important to HIPAA compliance

WEBOffsite HIPAA Data Centers are Key to Health Organization Disaster Recovery. With everything else you need to be HIPAA compliant, it’s important you don’t …

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Why More Healthcare Companies are Moving to Hybrid Private …

WEBHybrid Private Cloud is an integration of prem-based resources and private cloud services that permits rapid, secure and compliant movement of workloads. The …

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Final Omnibus Rule Raises HIPAA Violation Penalties OTAVA®

WEBWillful Neglect – Corrected. $10,000 – $50,000. $1,500,000. Willful Neglect – Not Corrected. $50,000. $1,500,000. One-time violations stay under $50k, but repeat …

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Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan for Healthcare Organizations

WEBOver the past several years, physicians and other ancillary healthcare workers have shifted away from paper documentation to the use of electronic medical …

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