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Why covered entities should use encryption–even if it isn’t required
Farah Amod: Dec 24, 2024 9:01:41 PM
In healthcare, protecting patient information is a top priority. Many people think HIPAA requires encryption for electronic protected health...
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How TTPs help organizations identify and combat cyber threats
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) represent the behavioral patterns...
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FAQs: Encryption and HIPAA compliance
Liyanda Tembani: Dec 24, 2024 10:16:36 AM
Encryption converts electronic data into an unreadable format, ensuring its confidentiality and integrity. While not explicitly mandated, HIPAA...
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Title I of HIPAA
Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 10:09:11 AM
Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is focused on Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability. It...
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What is Title IV under HIPAA?
Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:21:27 AM
Title IV of HIPAA is the Enforcement and Revenue Offsets section, which focuses on ensuring compliance with the act’s provisions regarding health...
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What is endpoint protection?
Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:07:14 AM
Endpoint protection, also known as endpoint security, is the securing endpoints or entry points of end-user devices such as desktops, laptops,...
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Title III of HIPAA
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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Sharing anonymized patient stories while maintaining HIPAA compliance
Liyanda Tembani: Dec 24, 2024 1:00:00 AM
Healthcare organizations can share anonymized patient stories to build trust, educate patients, and reduce stigma, all while complying with HIPAA....
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The 10 biggest health data breaches of 2024
In 2024, approximately 168 million individuals were affected by breaches impacting 500 or more. The tenbiggest were responsible for nearly 137...
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Informed consent and protecting patient autonomy
Informed consent is more than a procedural formality; it protects patient autonomy on a deeper, almost philosophical level. Informed consent has...
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Brockton Health Center breach exposes 6 years of medical records
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) recently disclosed a data breach after detecting unusual activity on its computer network. The breach...
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PIH Health ransomware breach exposes 17M records
Farah Amod: Dec 23, 2024 6:16:37 PM
Hackers claim to have exfiltrated 17 million patient records in a ransomware attack on PIH Health.