Reasons medical businesses should comply with HIPAA regulations
Late Farrah Fawcett, a well known television and film actress, was in the news few years ago, when it was discovered that data pertaining to her health issues was leaked to the newspapers. It can be said that a celebrity is always at the center of attention and is susceptible to the act of compromising [...]
Increasing Computer Network Security for effective HIPAA Compliance
Making computer networks safe is the core part of the HIPAA plan to totally transform the national patent health data into an electronic image, which can be then effortlessly shared by health care providers, insurance providers and administrators. Because of this, the health care agencies can handle the record keeping process more proficiently and quickly [...]
HIPAA and the Internet: Intranet Collaboration Software requirements
In today’s modern, busy and high tech world, most of the personal business of people is conducted online. This includes accessing information regarding private health records etc. Healthcare providers have no choice but to grant access to this private health information or face losing their customers.
HIPAA also commonly known as The Health Insurance Portability and [...]
HIPAA Emails compliance – Safeguard your private information
In the coming years, millions and millions of patients’ data will be compiled into Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. For this, the federal government has created a level of confidentiality for Protected Healthcare Information (PHI) and is imposing fines for breaches of HIPAA. HITECH or Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of [...]
What Are HIPAA Laws?
HIPAA was enacted in 1996 and its sole objective was to protect patients’ personal information. This law is something that we all have to use at some point of our life. Whether we meet and accident or have a new baby, we provide a lot of personal medical information to our doctors regarding the present [...]
HIPAA: What is it?
HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act was introduced to stop the injustices incurred by medical and health insurance institutions regarding patients’ health records. Before the inception of this Act, the entire medical system in United States of America was unregulated and ill-managed. Thankfully, HIPAA has been able to create many positive changes into [...]
Complete HIPAA Guide
HIPAA is the abbreviation for the health insurance portability and accountability act, which was initially enforced in 1996, but all the rules and regulations, which come under this act, became fully operational only in the year 2003. The main purpose behind the enforcement of HIPAA was that when people will continue to have access to [...]
Need for adherence to HIPAA regulations
Farah Fawcett who is well known all over the world for the famous roles, which she has portrayed on television as well as films, was recently on the news headlines when confidential medical information about her health problems had been leaked to all the tabloids and newspapers. Though many people have made statements about letting [...]
Problems in HIPAA compliance
In 1996, the Congress of the United States of America passed the health insurance portability and accountability act, which is very commonly known as HIPAA. The main purpose behind the enforcement of this law was to provide protection for the health information of every person. At the same time, provisions have been made [...]
Queries on HIPAA training
During a discussion on the various aspects of a good quality medical answering service, the term HIPAA training is repeated quite often. There are many people who are still unable to understand the significance of this HIPAA training. HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The government of [...]