by Rabab Asim | Dec 25, 2020 | EHI, Information Blocking, Protected Health Information, Uncategorized
-After the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), prohibited “information blocking” practices by covered entities who had restricted the free flow of EHI. The essence of the rule is to mandate quick and easy...
by Rabab Asim | Dec 21, 2020 | Cybersecurity, HIPAA Violation, Malware, Protected Health Information
Healthcare Data Breach Targets Mental Health Provider AspenPointe Inc., a mental health and substance abuse provider, was targeted by a healthcare data breach. The healthcare security breach, which allowed unauthorized access to their network, compromised the...
by Erick R | Dec 7, 2020 | HIPAA, HIPAA Violation, Protected Health Information
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has continued to press its enforcement efforts in support of patient’s right to access to records, in the midst of the COVID pandemic-related relaxation of enforcement for some...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Protected Health Information
on Here’s a chilling thought: healthcare practitioners, as well as health insurance companies and other employers, routinely search through private and public sources for consumer-generated health data related to client and patient spending and streaming habits....
