Watch What You Post On Social Media If You Work In A Health Care Facility!
Posted by Donna Craig in Aug, 2014
Spectrum Health System, in Grand Rapids, and an emergency department physician who was terminated by Spectrum are headed to mediation to resolve their differences. The Hospital believes the emergency department physician violated HIPAA. The dispute began when an emergency department nurse posted a photo of a woman’s backside. Believing the woman in the photo was […]
Category: HIPAA
Post Tagged with ADR, Dispute Resolution, Donna Craig, HIPAA, Hospital, Mediation, The Health Law Center HIPAA – Are Your Patient’s Medical Information Encrypted?
Posted by Donna Craig in Sep, 2013
Advocate Health Care in Illinois is now facing a state class-action lawsuit which was filed on behalf of 4 million individuals whose personally identifiable health information where accessed when four desktop computers were taken this past July during a burglary. The computers were password protected but not encrypted. The computers were located at the administrative offices of […]
Category: HIPAA
Are You Going To Be In Compliance With HIPAA On September 23, 2013?
Posted by Donna Craig in Sep, 2013
Earlier this year the Department of Health and Human Services issued revisions to HIPAA regulations, including Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”). The deadline for compliance with HIPAA revisions is September 23, 2013, and impact patient authorization requirements for certain marketing activities, […]
Category: HIPAA
