by Jon Moore | May 17, 2021 | Blog
Under the HIPAA Security Rule, covered entities and business associates are required to perform risk analysis on all systems that create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic protected health information. In 2010, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published...
by Jon Moore | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
Signed into law by former President Trump on January 5 of this year. HR 7898 is an amendment or provision to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). This new law requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
by Jon Moore | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Since finalizing the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules in 2003, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has looked into more than a quarter-million HIPAA complaints and launched more than 1,000 compliance reviews. OCR has resolved approximately 90% of these...
by Jon Moore | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Last year, more than a dozen health systems were driven into EHR downtime by ransomware attacks. The EHR is the information system equivalent to the heart of a healthcare provider. All-important patient information flows through these critical information systems. In...
by Jon Moore | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
Throughout this past fall, international criminal organizations asserted their dominance over the healthcare sector through ransomware. By the end of November, more than a dozen health systems were driven into EHR downtime by ransomware attacks. The pandemic’s...
