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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 2, 2025 12:18:03 PM
The HHS Office for Civil Rights proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, marking the first major revision since 2013, to address the growing threat of cyberattacks in healthcare. These updates aim to strengthen cybersecurity measures for health...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 31, 2024 3:14:18 PM
The Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (or Deployment) pipeline (CI/CD) is a process that automates the processes involved in software...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 30, 2024 6:35:54 PM
HIPAA requires healthcare providers to respond to a patient’s request for access to their protected health information (PHI) within a specific...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 6:32:36 PM
Healthcare organizations need to use collaborative healthcare efforts because they help ensure patients receive the best possible care. This need...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 6:07:39 PM
The Preransomware Notifications Initiative is a program by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that provides early warnings...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 12:55:41 PM
Patients can request an accounting of disclosures that includes information shared by their covered entity during litigation, as per 45 CFR 164.528.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 27, 2024 3:30:00 AM
Preemption is a principle that promotes a uniform legal framework across states, particularly in areas where federal regulation is needed to address...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 24, 2024 6:36:44 AM
Title III of HIPAA is the Tax-Related Health provision, which establishes tax-preferred treatment for medical savings accounts (MSAs) and provides...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 5:51:58 PM
The FBI Cyber Division released a private industry notification on December 16, 2024, warning organizations discussing HiatusRAT1 scanning campaigns.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 5:48:11 PM
The HHS announced a resolution with the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services following a failure to meet their responsibilities towards...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 3:00:34 PM
DevSecOps, or development, security, and operations revolves around integrating security practices into the entirety of the software development...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 12:04:48 PM
The staff of the state attorney's office are enforcers of HIPAA and have duties that may place their staff in contact with health data. To prevent...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 12:45:00 AM
Section 160.103 of the HIPAA Privacy Rule defines a disclosure as the release, transfer, provision of access to, or divulging of PHI outside the...
