Suicide Risk Assessment Solution Launched in 11 Montana Hospitals
Critical access hospitals in Montana are now able to screen every adult patient entering their emergency departments with a single standardized assessment.
Critical access hospitals in Montana are now able to screen every adult patient entering their emergency departments with a single standardized assessment.
HHS issued guidance on the importance of properly disposing of media with sensitive information to prevent potential data breaches.
The breaches occurred when an employee’s laptop was stolen from a residence and two unencrypted thumb drives went missing.
The OCR’s latest cybersecurity newsletter discusses the importance of physically securing devices with access to ePHI.
A campus adopting any type of new security technology must not only investigate its benefits, but also its vulnerabilities and potential for abuse.
An investigation found Virtua Medical Group failed to conduct a thorough risk analysis of the patient health records it sent to a vendor.
Preventing phishing attacks can be as easy as educating officials at your institution on cybersecurity best practices.
Here’s two areas of HIPAA-HITECH overlap that healthcare officials MUST understand.
HHS says FMCNA had five breaches and failed to heed HIPAA’s risk analysis and risk management rules.
Below we summarize the HITECH Act’s success based on the goals of its creators.