Welcome back to our series on HIPAA compliance in healthcare industry. In this post, we have set out to decode the labyrinthine standards laid forth by the Department of Healthand Human Services’ 1996 HIPAA,and the changes instituted by the HITECH Act of 2009, in order to help you establish your own HIPAA compliance checklist. Prior to […]
Read More ›The use of telecommunication methods and technologies in providing patients with clinical healthcare at a distance is referred to as telemedicine. First surfacing in 2008, technological advances have recently allowed the benefits of telemedicine to overshadow concerns about privacy and non-adoption on a grand scale. To understand the challenges gripping the healthcare industry and how […]
Read More ›According to the United States Office of Civil Rights, health care providers reported 139 HIPAA data breaches in the first half of 2015. While this might seem like a low number of incidents, it’s important to point out that legally, only HIPAA data breaches that affect 500 or more individuals are required to be reported. […]
Read More ›It has been a long, hard road, but your team finally put the finishing touches on your innovative healthcare application and is ready to change the healthcare experience for patients. The launch date is finalized and your marketing department is set to start flooding review sites with information about your product. Behind the scenes, you […]
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