laws as new state-level data privacy laws go into effect, digital health companies will have to navigate unforeseen compliance complexities. continue reading by jill mckeon, associate editor answer 21 sep 2023 getty images navigating the sec cyber incident disclosure rule, how it impacts healthcare...
These modifications were outlined in a “Notice of Proposed Rule Making” on Jan. 21, 2021. But it was not a priority until very recently, when HHSannounced plansto finalize this rule in March 2023. Between January 2021 and now, HHS didn’t focus on the modifications, which had already s...
HIPAA as a federal law is enforced by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).While the OCR has no uniform standard of enforcement, individual states have the authority to establish their own laws and regulations that offer additional protections for personal health inf...
Stephen W. Bernstein
Privacy laws are strict, and regardless of whether the intent behind a HIPAA violation is malicious or not, unauthorized access to protected health information can have serious consequences. Large fines and even imprisonment are a real possibility for those who share PHI without a valid reason, pat...
HIPAA Violations and Implications for Healthcare Professionals Scenario 1: Filming Patients without Their Informed and Written Consent Scenario 2: Insufficient Technical Controls to Prevent Unauthorized Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) Access Scenario 3: PHI Disclosure to a Reporter Scenario 4...