Background: The pandemic era ushered in exponential growth in the use of remote capabilities for all areas of life, with one of the most critical being the rise in telemedicine. Along with that expansion came an explosion in...more
COVID-19 will change organizations, government, and the relationship of individuals to both; at this moment, the right to be let alone has become the duty to be alone, not principally for one's own sake but for the protection...more
Poor Richard does get his hoped-for trip to New York today, but not, as many others hoped a few months ago, to examine a new comprehensive privacy law that outdoes the CCPA with the first enactment of the concept of data...more
On Thursday, August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced the largest settlement ever with a single entity for multiple potential Health Insurance Portability and...more
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Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Settlement
1. Beyond Breaches -
With ransomware, cybersecurity in healthcare has gone far beyond HIPAA compliance, breaches of PHI or identity theft. For the unprepared healthcare provider not able to prevent ransomware or...more
Sectoral regulation of privacy and information security in the United States has created a complex system for tech innovation, because new products and services transcend the traditional sectoral boundaries and because...more