It’s no secret that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) exists to protect the privacy of patients and their sensitive health information. However, understanding the ...

Michelle Drolet is CEO of Towerwall, a data security services provider in Framingham. You may reach her at michelled@towerwall.com. You already know how important it is to be HIPAA compliant. A lot of ...

Learn about the five major titles, the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and steps to protect your health information.

New guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reaffirms that business associates must have proper HIPAA compliance practices, safeguards and ...

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with them ...

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Harshit Jain, MD, is Founder & Global CEO of Doceree, a leading global healthcare marketing platform for programmatic messaging to HCPs. The global healthcare landscape has undergone a significant ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Misconceptions abound when it comes to HIPAA. First, there ...

Understanding best practices for mobile device security in today’s healthcare environment can be challenge for many organizations. As mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones become more ...