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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Significance of Complying with HIPAA and HITECH ACT
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). ARRA contains incentives related to health care information technology in general and contains specific … Continue reading
Compliance Solutions for Positive Transitions in Healthcare
The hard-hitting healthcare compliance regulations have blurred the future of many thriving and reputed organizations due to their errant attitudes. The US health law has been extremely punishing on all entities accused of violating HIPAA and HITECH acts with bleak … Continue reading
Compliance Solutions for Large Enterprises
Security threats are not new to IT and other organizations. Large organizations generally have ‘taken care of’ the security issues with their timely investments in the state-of-art stuff. But unfortunately innovative attacks grow faster than intuitive preventive measures! Intentional attacks … Continue reading
How GRC Solutions Can Improve E-Governance?
With ever increasing regulations by various Governments in ensuring information security and privacy data, and from a standards perspective in the competitive scenario, enterprises have by and large been following a strategy of remaining compliant with regulations or standards, as … Continue reading
Steer Clear of HIPAA Crackdown
When the department of ‘Health and Human Services’ office for civil rights imposes the first ever civil penalties for violation of the HIPAA privacy rule, it is no wonder then that even legal experts are warning medical practitioners of heeding … Continue reading
Another Smear added to the hall of shame
Every now and then medical negligence and non-compliance reports rears its ugly face causing traumatic repercussions that shakes the basic foundations of any establishment. This time it has resurfaced again. The victim is Health Net, a health insurance company that … Continue reading
Ultimate Compliance Solutions to End the Sufferings of Healthcare Facilities
In the past it has been discovered that those undergoing recuperation in healthcare organizations were liable to more life-threatening risks unknown to them other than their illnesses. The callous attitudes of the healthcare personnel and an indifferent perspective in the … Continue reading
A Crusade for Enforcement of Healthcare Compliance Principles
Healthcare organizations are perpetually under rigorous screening with the enactment of HIPAA and HITECH laws meant for checking health care data breaches and privacy violations. These organizations have become hapless victims due to staff malpractices and negligence followed by severe … Continue reading
Small Medical practices can manage HIPAA compliance regulations
Small Medical Practices (SMP) are still coming to terms with understanding security, though some medical practitioners hire compliance consultants or IT managers to handle the regulatory requirements them. Some don’t get what’s the big deal about security, and a few … Continue reading
Saying No to Health Breaches
A recent federal list announced that there have been serious health information breaches that affected nearly 8.3 million people since September 2009. With 3 government agencies looking into Heath Net breaches including the case of 9 missing server drives from … Continue reading
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