Happy Patients, Happy Providers – Are Your Patients Satisfied With Their Healthcare Experience?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jun, 2019
All healthcare providers want to grow their practices with new patients while keeping existing patients. In a recent article in Medical Economics, it suggests that 81% of consumers are unsatisfied with their healthcare experience. Patients are increasingly turning to providers who regularly connect with them and offer flexibility with how they schedule appointments, share information, […]
Post Tagged with Donna Craig, HIPAA, Nurse Practitioner, Professional Counselor, Telehealth, The Health Law Center Michigan Attorney General Announces Health Care Data Breach
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in May, 2019
The Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced its Consumer Protection Division has been contacted by consumers after receiving multiple notification letters from Inmediata Health Group regarding a data breach. Inmediata’s data breach resulted from inappropriate website settings permitted search engines to index internal web pages. It is unclear how much personal and medical information were accessible […]
Category: HIPAA, News & Updates
Battle Creek Medical Practice Forced To Close After Ransomware Attack
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Apr, 2019
As of April 30, 2019 the Brookside ENT and Hearing Center in Battle Creek will be closing after it suffered a ransomware attack. The ransomware encrypted the practice’s system which housed patient records, appointment schedules, and payment information, rendering data inaccessible. The attacker demanded a ransom of $6,500 in exchange for a key to […]
Category: HIPAA, News & Updates
National Council of State Boards of Nursing Publishes Guidelines for Medical Marijuana
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Apr, 2019
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has published a white paper summarizing current legislation, reviews of scientific literature, and nursing implications in the care of patients using medical marijuana. Read More
Category: News & Updates, Nursing, Professional Development
Don’t Risk Disclosing Patient Information When Upgrading Data Systems
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Apr, 2019
Recently the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights reported that Zoll Medical experienced a data breach of 277,319 patients’ information during a recent server migration upgrade. During the migration process a third party vendor archived emails which contained personal information of patients. Zoll said patient names, addresses, dates of birth and […]
Category: Electronic Health Records, HIPAA, News & Updates
Post Tagged with Donna Craig, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Health Record Vendor, HIPAA, The Health Law Center Physician Criminally Sentenced For HIPAA Violation – Could You Defend A Similar Violation?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jan, 2019
A Georgia based pediatric cardiologist was recently sentenced to six months of probation for a HIPAA violation he had previously pled guilty to in 2018. He faced up to one year in prison for the HIPAA violation. The physician was prosecuted by the Department of Justice in Massachusetts in connection with an investigation into the Massachusetts-based […]
Category: HIPAA, News & Updates
Are We Subject to the General Data Protection Regulation?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Jan, 2019
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted by the European Union and became effective last year. GDPR’s purpose is to protect individuals’ personal data as it moves throughout the international economy. While the GDPR appears on its face not to significantly impact health care facilities and health care providers in the United States, it […]
Category: HIPAA, News & Updates
Workshop for Professional Counselors and Mental Health Therapists – October 13, 2018
Posted by Donna Craig in Jan, 2019
Workshop for Professional Counselors and Mental Health Therapists – October 13, 2018 Donna J. Craig, RN, JD, in conjunction with the Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association, will be presenting the workshop “Growing a Counseling Practice with Less Legal Risk”, at Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, on October 13, 2018. Topics to be covered include […]
Category: Upcoming Events
Could Former Employees Set You Up For Costly HIPAA Penalties?
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Dec, 2018
The Pagosa Springs Medical Center in Colorado settled an Office of Civil Rights HIPAA breach investigation by agreeing to pay a fine of $111,400. The settlement stemmed from a 2013 complaint that a former employee was able to access the Medical Center‘s web-based scheduling calendar, which contained patient protected health information (PHI). Pagosa Springs Medical […]
Category: HIPAA, News & Updates
Reality Check – Nurse Practitioners Are Needed To Meet The Demand For Health Care
Posted by donna@healthlawcenterplc.com in Dec, 2018
In a recent presentation at the American Enterprise Institute conference, Peter Buerhaus, a registered nurse and health care economist, told his audience that nurse practitioners are ready and able to fill the health care access gap. Relying partially on data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, Mr. Buerhaus predicted that the increasing health care […]
Category: News & Updates, Nursing
