by HIPAAgps | Nov 15, 2018 | HIPAA News
On November 13, congress passed legislation to form a new agency as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; it’s entire focus will be on cybersecurity. The importance of cybersecurity continues to grow with the increasing number of threats and the increasing...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 8, 2018 | HIPAA News
The October Cybersecurity Newsletter from the OCR reminded covered entities and business associates about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the things they can do to help protect patients’ information. They covered safeguards that are required for HIPAA...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 4, 2018 | HIPAA News
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) recently provided guidelines for creating a robust cybersecurity plan. The cybersecurity plan is a 17-step process, according to AHIMA. However, the last step provided in the document is redundant, so we...
by HIPAAgps | Aug 17, 2017 | HIPAA News
The 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Cybersecurity Survey provides insight into current cybersecurity programs in health care. The HIMSS survey is based on feedback from 126 U.S. health information security professionals. The survey...
by HIPAAgps | Aug 3, 2017 | HIPAA News
The July 2017 Cybersecurity Newsletter from the Office of Civil Rights details information on providing more cybersecurity training for employees. The recent increase in ransomware seems to have pushed the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to remind organizations why...
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