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Tips to Ensure HITECH Compliance

THE HITECH or Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) came into effect on February 17, 2009 aimed at providing funds and safeguarding the usage of electronic exchange of health information. This Act has brought in … Continue reading

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How Prepared Are You for the Upcoming HIPAA Audit?

With the long overdue HIPAA privacy and security compliance audit program scheduled to begin later this year or early next year, it’s time for every healthcare entity to do a reality check and find out if their privacy and security … Continue reading

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Staying Clear of Health Information Breaches

Did you know that 2.7 million Americans were affected from around 32 major health information breach incidents recently? The bulk of the people were affected by the information breach that occurred with the Insurer Health Net and its business associate … Continue reading

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Addressing Vendor Related Security Threats Effectively

Business relationships are built on reliable and trustworthy collaborations. You cannot run a business without a support system. A business needs to expand and for this it becomes vital to liaise with third party vendors. Previously the pact between a … Continue reading

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Healthcare compliance requirements made Simple

Healthcare professionals often have to deal with quite a lot of healthcare compliance requirements connected to different operational procedures, service delivery practices, and managing of records. The general regulatory compliance requirements and industry standards include HIPAA, HITECH compliance and other … Continue reading

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Improving Business Prospects with PCI Compliance Adherence

The use of credit cards for any financial transaction has given customers the freedom to spend anywhere anytime without the fear of being robbed or losing any money. Every business has understood the significance of credit cards in enhanced commercial … Continue reading

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Assured and Safe Recovery with Healthcare Compliance Solutions

Driven by competition, business ethics has become a casualty… Most of these business practices are pursued with deceptive motives, and there is hardly any remorse for the impact that they have. . Patients share their confidential information with their healthcare … Continue reading

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Importance of IT security and compliance

IT security compliance is not just about security managers and CIOs deploying firewalls or anti-malware systems to protect their systems and information! It has to do with these and also managing the regulatory compliance requirements that governs IT security today. … Continue reading

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Working towards being HIPAA compliant

Everyone connected with the healthcare industry understands the significance of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The act has several rules including the privacy rule that is used to ensure that health plans and healthcare providers keep the … Continue reading

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A Compliance Strategy That secures your Business Operations

Risk is part of our lives and an inevitable force in business too. However, if precautionary measures are taken on time to tone it down, the results will be less intense and it will provide an incentive to have a … Continue reading

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