Friday, June 24, 2016

HIPAA, HHS, OCR, and PHI - Ep 59


Today’s podcast is a little different from our normal ones. We are covering a wide variety of subjects involving HIPAA, OCR, HHS, and PHI rather than one specific topic.

 

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Preventing Ransomware - Ep 58


Preventing ransomware is a major concern for every business today.  If not, it should be.  This episode covers understanding ransomware and methods for preventing it.

  • Is ransomware a phi breach?
  • April record number of cases and not slowing down
  • 8 hospitals (more by the time we record) already hit.
  • Training and vigilance is best defense
  • Ransomware attacks continue to evolve to be "smarter"

 

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Friday, June 10, 2016

HIPAA Policy and Procedure Templates - Ep 57


HIPAA policy and procedure templates seem to be a panacea to many people who are just trying to meet the standards and move on. However, these are not the droids you seek! Templates can be the basis for what you need to do but they shouldn't be the solution to the written policy and procedure requirements under HIPAA.

 

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Malware Protection under HIPAA - Ep 56


Two reasons for today's topic: A question we received from a listener about understanding antivirus software and a news report about a malware scan that interrupted a medical procedure. Between those two cases it felt like it was time to discuss malware protection under HIPAA.

  1. Suzie from Savannah: I would like to have a podcast or a quick answer to the different between anti-virus software releases and anti-virus definitions being up-to-date. I understand the AV definitions up to date but a little fuzzy on AV software releases and examples please....
  2. Report came out about malware scan stopping a medical procedure 

 


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