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....
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | HIPAA, HIPAA and Email
Although email is a convenient means of communication, using email to communicate sensitive information poses some risk to those people who trust you to protect their privacy and to whom you have a legal duty to maintain their confidentiality. Privacy is your...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 29, 2020 | Cybersecurity, HIPAA, Malware
The large behavioral health service provider, Behavioral Health Network (BHN), suffered a malware attack affecting 129,571 patients. Details of the attack are discussed below. Malware Attack: What Happened? A malicious software attack occurs when hackers install...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Aug 7, 2020 | HIPAA
With two OCR settlements announced within the span of a week, it seems the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has resumed its enforcement efforts. On July 23, OCR announced a $25,000 settlement with Metropolitan Community...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog, HIPAA
iMessage is a built-in instant messaging (IM) service offered by Apple for all its devices. It lets you send text, picture, video, sound, and location quickly and easily to anyone else using iMessage on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. It is launched when anyone...
