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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 18, 2024 12:59:28 PM
Email attacks are responsible for 18.1% of healthcare breaches. When your email provider experiences a data breach involving protected health information (PHI), the provider and your organization must take action immediately by notifying your...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 18, 2024 9:50:02 AM
Emailing about a colleague's medical condition is a HIPAA violation. Medical information about a colleague is considered protected health information...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 15, 2024 6:09:21 PM
Healthcare data breaches expose sensitive information of patients and clients. Despite advances in cybersecurity, healthcare organizations remain...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 13, 2024 6:08:54 AM
If emails from patients contain too much PHI, acknowledge the email securely using a HIPAA compliant system, avoid replying with additional sensitive...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 13, 2024 5:58:24 AM
Your mental health intake forms meet HIPAA standards when they ensure the protection of patient data through encryption, collect only the minimum...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 11, 2024 7:21:16 PM
The main HIPAA risks during mass health screenings include lack of privacy in screening areas, improper handling of paper or digital records,...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 8, 2024 3:01:58 AM
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack impacts HIPAA compliance by disrupting the availability of protected health information (PHI), a...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 7, 2024 2:31:01 PM
CISA released the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) Operational Cybersecurity Alignment (FOCAL) Plan on September 16, 2024, to provide...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 3, 2024 7:00:59 PM
Text bombing is a type of cyber harassment where someone sends a large number of unsolicited text messages to a target's phone in a short period....
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 3, 2024 6:45:44 PM
Healthcare organizations must ensure they do not share protected health information (PHI) in automatic reply messages to comply with HIPAA...
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 2, 2024 7:13:19 AM
No, it is not necessarily against HIPAA to give results over the phone. Still, it requires careful adherence to specific guidelines. Healthcare...
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Liyanda Tembani: Sep 30, 2024 3:27:27 AM
Under HIPAA and the 42 CFR Part 2 rule, substance abuse records can be shared with one written patient consent form for future uses and disclosures...
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Liyanda Tembani: Sep 27, 2024 9:45:00 AM
Healthcare organizations must document HIPAA compliance efforts to safeguard patient information, mitigate legal risks, and prove adherence to...
