HIPAA Compliance Blog

Our series is designed to explain best practices about HIPAA compliance, HIPAA settlements, and the various requirements an organization must have in place under the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules.

Whether it’s an employee sending information to or from an insecure account or an employee simply falling for a phishing message, by and large, unsafe email practices are a major problem in the healthcare industry.

Last March, data breaches in the health care industry were reported at least once a day. This is an astounding statistic.

With more emphasis by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on specific requirements for an individual’s right to access their personal health information (PHI).