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If you’re a healthcare professional, then you know that HIPAA compliance is essential. But even if you’re not, it’s important to understand the basics of HIPAA compliance so that you can protect your data. Here are 11 things you should know about HIPAA compliance.
The healthcare industry is one of the fastest-growing markets for information technology services. As healthcare organizations adopt new technologies, they are increasingly turning to healthcare IT service providers to help them meet their compliance requirements.
In 2015, OCR conducted 115 audits and found that 96% of those audited were not in compliance with at least one major provision of HIPAA. Furthermore, nearly half of the organizations audited had not completed a risk analysis – which is required by HIPAA.
Hospitals and health care providers are ‘easy targets’ according to experts. Cybercriminals can make ten times more money hacking someone’s medical records rather than their credit card details, new research has shown.
In what may come as a relief for several healthcare providers, there is still uncertainty about when the next round of HIPAA Audits will start. What you have right now is time to look at your medical practice’s state of digital security and compliance status in line with the Omnibus Rule changes if you have not already done it.
When talking HIPAA privacy and security, the numbers do most of the talking. Take 29.3 million, for instance, the number of patient health records compromised in a HIPAA data breach since 2009, or 138 percent, the percent jump in the number of health records breached just from 2012.
In June 2015, UC Davis Medical Center announced that it had been the victim of a data breach. The incident affected approximately 4 million people, including patients, employees, and contractors. UC Davis is one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, with over 1,700 hospitals and clinics.
Cedars-Sinai said it will mail letters to patients identified as being potentially affected by a data breach. Cedars Sinai is one of the world’s largest academic healthcare organizations. They provide cutting-edge patient care, medical education, and biomedical research. Unfortunately, they recently experienced a data breach that affected more than 500,000 patients.
The federal and state laws governing data privacy exact severe penalties on organizations that do not implement appropriate data security measures. Make sure you know what’s at stake. AvMed recently paid $3.5 million to settle a data breach lawsuit in which class members could not prove actual damage.
