According to HIPAA Rules, healthcare providers and other covered entities (CEs) are allowed to use the Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients – and share this data with others – provided that this data has been de-identified. It must not be possible for PHI...
Protected Health Information (PHI) is kept secure under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Rules, which requires adherence from covered entities (CEs) to put in place a number of controls to ensure that healthcare data is not disclosed to...
The second round of HIPAA compliance audits have yet to commence, the last round was in 2012, but they are supposedly returning and will be bigger and bolder than before. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) indicated to...
Microsoft Office 365 cloud services for the healthcare industry has been awarded the highest possible HITRUST CSF rating – achieving a maximum score of five – in a certification review of its security and privacy controls begun by Centura Health. The Health...
