HIPAA and the HITECH Act applies to most doctors’ offices, hospitals, health insurance companies, and other companies that may have access to patient information (called Protected Health Information, or PHI). If you use a cloud-based service such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft must agree in a written agreement to adhere to certain security and privacy compliance […]
Over the past several years, most of the modern healthcare practices have implemented the EHR/EMR and its byproducts. In addition, there is a strong technology demand to implement cloud-based software as a service model, telemedicine, population health using data analytics and health information exchange to share data with third parties. This 50-minute session will highlight […]
HIPAA Act applies to most doctors’ offices, hospitals, healthcare insurance companies, and other organization that may have access to patient information (called Protected Health Information, or PHI). Does your practice use Google applications like Gmail, Google drive, Google Docs etc.? Do you use Google G-suite applications to transfer PHI data? Does your practice have written […]
Companies in a wide range of industries face growing market pressure to increase their competitive edge and prove the quality of their controls. A SOC report (formerly SAS 70) demonstrates to your clients a commitment to internal controls by providing third-party attestation to the reliability of the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of your organization’s […]
The primary purpose of security risk analysis for MIPS/MACRA is to identify key technical vulnerabilities in the electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) and EHR systems environments. In order to implement appropriate technical controls, eligible professionals and hospitals need to conduct a security risk analysis in accordance with the requirements under HIPAA security rule 45 CFR […]
OSHA’s Blood Borne Pathogens standard prescribes safeguards to protect workers against the health hazards from exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials and to reduce their risk from this exposure. Implementation of this standard will not only prevent Hepatitis B cases but will also significantly reduce the risk of workers contracting AIDS, Hepatitis C […]
