Regulatory rules only have impact if the entities they regulate perceive them as “having teeth.” For the revised Health Breach Notification Rule to influence the data use practices of health apps, it ...

Healthcare teams are increasingly using Google Sheets dashboards to track patient data, revenue, and satisfaction without costly EMR systems. With HIPAA-eligible Workspace accounts, clinics can ...

Since it was first enacted, the healthcare industry has been under constant pressure to keep personal healthcare information (PHI) secure and to remain compliant with the evolving rules and ...

In an interview, Dr Perakslis pointed out that physicians’ role regarding protected health information is spelled out under HIPAA, but this is not the case for marketing software designed to spread ...

Source: Getty Images HIPAA protects patients from unauthorized disclosure of personal information by covered entities such as medical practices and hospitals, but out from under the HIPAA umbrella, ...