Friday, July 15, 2016
Friday, July 8, 2016
Healthcare Data Breach Study - Ep61
Since 2010, ID Experts has sponsored this Ponemon Institute study which has been tracking data breach trends of patient data at healthcare organizations. The annual economic impact of a data breach has risen over the past six years, as has the frequency of data breaches. Criminal attacks and internal threats are the leading cause of healthcare breaches. Evolving cyber attack threats such as ransomware and malware are of primary concern for 2016. At the same time, internal issues such as employee negligence, third-party snafus, and stolen computing devices continue to put patient data at risk.
For more info on this episode go to helpmewithhipaa.com/61
Friday, July 1, 2016
HIPAA Rules In A Crisis - Ep 60
As always, during times of crisis and chaos things do become confused and incorrect statements are made. It is a normal occurrence in troubling situations. But, we need to address it specifically to clear up a few points.
- There was no "special waiver from the White House". There was no need for one at all.
- People, even in a crisis, should not be invoking HIPAA over caring for the patient properly.
- The hospitals talked about implementing their crisis plan - why wasn't HIPAA addressed in the plan. It should be!
For more details go to HelpMeWithHIPAA.com/60
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.
For more go to HelpMeWithHIPAA.com/59
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"
For more see HelpMeWithHIPAA.com/58
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.
See HelpMeWithHIPAA.com/57
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.
- 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....
- Report came out about malware scan stopping a medical procedure
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