Healthcare organizations largely rely on electronic medical record platforms to manage patient information, making securing protected health information (PHI) more complex than ever. A major aspect of ensuring the confidentiality and security of PHI is understanding what kind of information this is and ...
Protected Health Information (PHI):PHI is a specific form of information, outlined in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, related to patient care. Information handled by hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies, such as medical records, doctors’ notes, or any...
Inadequate and poor training of employees handling PHI Failure to appropriately notify relevant authorities and individuals after a data breach Lack of required physical, technical, and administrative safeguards Imagine that Michael’s doctor left the patient form with Michael’s name, date of birth, ...
Spectrum Health Lakelandwas one of the WSG clients impacted by the cyberattack. Approximately 60,000 of its patient records were exposed in the breach. American Medical Collections Agency (AMCA) June 2019:American Medical Collections Agency, a patient billing services vendor for the healthcare indust...
Protected health information (PHI) is any demographic information that can be used to identify a patient or client of a HIPAA-beholden entity. Common examples of PHI include names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, medical records, financial information, and full facial photos to ...
In healthcare, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulates who can see and use personal health information (PHI) such as a patient names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and healthcare treatments. HIPAA also has specific requirements for reporting healt...
In the United States, PHI in the context of HIPAA refers to healthcare information about a patient that can identify them. PHI can be stored in paper or electronic form. The electronic form is known as ePHI. Many types of electronically stored medical information are considered ePHI. TheU....
PCI.A third-party interest, thePCIhas become intertwined with numerous industries. Working within HITRUST’s framework helps PCI issuers understand how vital their compliance is to ensuring patient and/or customer security and privacy. COBIT:Created in 1996 byISACA,COBITprovides a good-practice system...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA, is a compliance standard that is designed to protect sensitive patient data. Any organization that deals with protected health information (PHI) is obligated to maintain and follow process, network and physical security measures in order...
Thus, PHI must be properly protected to prevent the unauthorized access of private patient health information. According to the Health Insurance and Accountability Act (HIPAA), IT departments have a primary role in PHI, as they are required to record each instance of access to such information ...