There are so many rules that involve HIPPA. Whether you go to a doctor’s office, a hospital or in the medical facility you are given a HIPPA form that states how your medical records are confidential. Ever sense HIPPA was established. I have always wondered how safe my medical records are. Recently, I watched Michael…
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Trust Digital Provides HIPAA Security For CSL Behring’s HeliTrax System
September 15, 2008 MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trust Digital, the leading enterprise mobility management provider, announced on 15 sep that CSL Behring has deployed its mobility management platform to secure the HeliTraxSM system.HeliTraxSM is a web-based application that instantly and easily tracks patient’s medical data that indclude’s patient records, contact information and detailed test data including medical…
Paramedic Breaks HIPAA Rules
A paramedic in Kansas posted pictures on the internet of a deadly crash involving an ATV and school bus. He said he had the parents permission but he’s in hot water because of it. His posting to the internet is against HIPAA rules. Paramedic suspended after posting photos of ATV crash on Internet
Cousin Stole Millions and Patient Records
In a case of two people who will be going away for a LONG time, police say two cousins stole more than 1,100 personal information from patients and then used them in a crime trilogy. After stealing the records, the pair proceeded to commit identity theft, and managed to bill more than $2.8 million dollars…
Best of Niner Niner July 06
Niner Niner, a collaborative weblog network, has over 25 great blogs and this “Best Of” highlights just a few of the posts that were written by some of the Niner authors, in topics that range from High Heels, Ajax, HIPAA Privacy Regulation to gadgets, books and health. In Ajax Blog, Sreejith introduces us…
Worried About HIPAA Privacy?
While some are up in arms about the whole Rush Limbaugh Viagra privacy debacle, I am more interested in all the thefts that been going on. It seems to be a recurring story week after week. Only recently the Federal Trade Commission had their own breach, which was due to someone stealing a laptop from…
Ohio Court: HIPAA Doesn’t Protect All Medical Records
In March, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Ohio’s open records law overruled the protections for medical records under HIPAA. This decision is “possibly the first regarding a clash between states’ open records laws and HIPAA.” The court case involved the Cincinnati Enquirer, which wanted the city to “hand over information regarding building owners who’d…
Updated Brabeion Software Keeps Users Compliant
Brabeion Software has updated their products with a new software called Brabeion Compliance Center 6.0. It allows users to keep up with regulatory compliance. “With the addition of these regulatory modules, Chevron is better positioned to more proactively manage, deploy, and mitigate ongoing compliance efforts for SOX, HIPAA and other global regulatory requirements,” said Jay White, Global Information Protection…
Private Health Information Isn’t Really Private
Right now HIPAA allows your private medical information to be shared many times by hundreds of thousands of people. The way the rules are now HIPAA for the purpose of your treatment, bill collecting, law enforcement and your employer. Via Daily Breeze: All that seems reasonable. HIPAA, for example, allows your doctor to discuss your…
Groups Join Forces For Medical Privacy
Congress is trying to look toward the future and become more technology minded by building a national electronic health system. A group of 26 national groups however are asking that at the middle of any such system they add a patients privacy rights to protect patients. “Patients own their health data and should control who…
Database Plan Needs to Extend HIPPA
A Congressional health subcommittee heard testimony on plans to develop a new medical information database in the United States, and experts said a new federal privacy law would be needed to expand HIPPA to cover the database, according to a story by UPI. HIPPA covers breaches of health privacy by health plans and providers, but…
Barbara Clark’s HIPAA Lawsuit & Investigation
A press release came across the wire recently, put out by Barbara Clark‘s people, stating: Nearly one year ago, Barbara Clark, a former Adventist nurse, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) concerning the breach of confidentiality of her medical records under HIPAA; the federal Health Insurance Portability and…
The Press and Medical Info. How Much Is Too Much
We know that the only survivor in the West Virginia mine explosion is still in critical condition, he hasn’t awoken and he’s not breathing on his own. Daniel Engber of Slate asks an interesting question. Exactly how much information are the doctors allowed to give the press? How much detail
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InformationWeek: Feds Need to Push Nationwide Healthcare IT Security
InformationWeek is reporting: A federal advisory panel on Tuesday issued a 14-point report of recommendations for what’s needed to develop, implement, and foster the secure nationwide exchange of electronic medical information. The report was issued by the Commission on System Interoperability, which was created by Congress as part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003….