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 | Aug 9, 2018 | HIPAA News
The July 2018 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter focused on how covered entities and business associates should dispose of electronic devices and media. 164.310(d)(2)(i) of the HIPAA standard specifically states that health care organizations must implement policies and...
by HIPAAgps | May 31, 2018 | HIPAA News
The latest newsletter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) highlights the importance of physical security in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). With ransomware and hacking all over the news, many people are focused on cybersecurity issues and...
by HIPAAgps | May 10, 2018 | HIPAA News
The latest Office for Civil Rights (OCR), cybersecurity newsletter focused on the differences between a risk analysis and a gap analysis. The OCR started the newsletter by reminding covered entities and business associates that they must do everything in their power...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 11, 2018 | HIPAA News
On January 5, the OCR sent out an emergency update to the security and privacy email lists notifying health care organizations about new discovered computer vulnerabilities that may affect PHI. In the update, the OCR linked to a report from the Healthcare...
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