In this article, we review the requirements for what makes a HIPAA compliant website and what you need to do to ensure your website is compliant. The recent focus on tracking pixels and analytics codes by enforcement agencies has many healthcare organizations reassessing their website security and compliance. As technology has evolved over the past […]
Performing daily business transactions and communications through electronic technologies is accepted, reliable, and necessary across the nation’s healthcare providers, payers and suppliers. As a result, email has become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include: Interacting with patients Real time authorizations for medical services Transcribing, accessing […]
Our HIPAA compliance checklist was designed to help organizations understand their obligations under the law. The checklist items are not a complete list, just a starting point for your compliance program. HIPAA requires a yearly risk analysis to identify new vulnerabilities. Any business process change or new technology usage introduces new risk into an organization’s […]
If you are building a new environment that must comply with HIPAA, you may be surprised to find that the HIPAA compliant infrastructure requirements do not require the use of any specific technology. This provides a lot of flexibility for developers and architects but can also introduce risk if you are unfamiliar with the compliance […]
Non-compliance with HIPAA can easily lead to unintended breaches where PHI data is exposed to unauthorized parties. This can be very expensive! Violating HIPAA can cost anywhere from $100 to $70,000 per violation (or per data record). You don’t want to be caught in a situation where inaction, neglect, or lack of knowledge can result […]
