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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 5, 2024 7:34:08 AM
Blood banks are generally not bound by HIPAA, but they adhere to FDA regulations, state privacy laws, and their own confidentiality policies to protect donor information.
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 4, 2024 4:59:24 PM
Electronic business associate agreements (BAAs), signed with an electronic signature, are permissible under the HIPAA Privacy Rule if they meet all...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 4, 2024 3:30:14 PM
Cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) are a set of cybersecurity best practices and minimum-security standards developed by the Cybersecurity and...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 4, 2024 3:20:38 PM
Machine-in-the-middle attacks, often called "man-in-the-middle" (MitM) attacks, occur when an attacker intercepts communication between two parties...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 4, 2024 3:45:00 AM
Network segmentation is a security practice that involves dividing a computer network into smaller, manageable sub-networks (segments). This approach...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 31, 2024 1:30:18 PM
Access controls are the security protocols and measures that determine who can access specific resources, systems, or information within an...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 30, 2024 4:01:47 PM
At the recent joint HHS and National Institute of Standards and Technology security conference, HHS OCR senior advisor for health information...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 29, 2024 6:51:42 PM
Encryption is a powerful tool for securing patient information and meeting HIPAA’s requirements for protecting ePHI. While it may not be strictly...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 29, 2024 1:13:47 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has published a video to help healthcare organizations prevent ransomware...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 6:42:43 PM
UnitedHealth has confirmed that the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exposed the personal and healthcare data of over 100 million...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 6:34:09 PM
Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP) fell victim to a ransomware attack involving an IT vendor. The attacker, the BianLian group, is now...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 3:48:19 PM
Delivery truck lines help transport goods or documents. They are not considered business associates under HIPAA, as they typically do not handle or...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 26, 2024 1:00:00 AM
In its role as a carrier of physical packages containing PHI, UPS is not considered a business associate under HIPAA because it qualifies for the...
