Maintaining sufficient HIPAA-compliance standards within an organization is necessary, however, there are circumstances when PHI is shared with the vendors through data-storage services, communication providers, or document-disposal companies. HHS has provided...
Telegenisys's Pune office celebrated Indian independence day on Aug 15th. With an average tenure over 2.5 years, Telegenisys is a great place to work and maintains a high level of employee morale. Telegenisys works on highly sensitive private data for many clients and...
The National provider identifier (NPI) standard is a health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) administrative simplification standard that does help simplify things. You can go to the NPPES NPI Registry and search for any healthcare provider in the...
Medical summary provides a distinctive view of a patient's medical record. In order to develop an appropriate view, medical summaries are formatted for specific purposes. Developing such medical information requires consideration of privacy practices. With the...
Recently 1Texas-based cancer treatment center has been penalized with $4.3 million fine for three breaches linked to unencrypted devices. Breach happened from three incidents in 2012 and 2013 when an employee’s laptop was stolen at a residence and two unencrypted pen...
The U.S. department of health and human Services (HHS) Office for civil rights (OCR) recently published new guidance on use of authorizations to use or disclose PHI for research and explains aspects of the individual’s right to revoke an authorization under the HIPAA...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law expansive consumer data legislation that orders all organizations report breaches inside 30 days, making it the most limited turnaround for any state. There are no exclusions from the notice control, which means...
More than six in 10 primary care physicians say EHRs (electronic health records) have led to improved patient care, generally and in their own practices, and that they’re at least somewhat satisfied with the digital documentation systems they use, according to a new...
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The threat of medical identity theft is on the rise as the health-care industry grapples with a growing rash of data breaches. The ease and accessibility of medical data is fueling the increase in ID theft. Paige Hanson, the Identity Education Lead at Symantec’s...
