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Revised draft publication aims to help organizations comply with HIPAA Security Rule.

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, here is a reminder about the protections available for privacy and the confidentiality of health-related information...

Executive Summary - • During the pandemic, audio-only telehealth was a critical tool to provide care to populations that did not use video during telehealth sessions,...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has agreed to settle its case with OCR and paid a $875,000 penalty to resolve multiple violations of the HIPAA Rules.

Many states have enacted or revived statutes limiting or barring access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States' ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health...

The Privacy Rule states that covered entities and entities that perform certain services on their behalf may use or disclose an individual’s protected health information PHI without the individual’s signed authorization, only as permitted or required by the Privacy Rule.

Many states have enacted or revived statutes limiting or barring access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org., ––– U.S. –––, 2022 WL 2276808 (2022), overturning Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)...

As EHRs have become commonplace throughout medical facilities, robotic process automation can support the interoperability that allows easy, fast and secure data access, retrieval and communication among EHR systems.

As it stands, the current method for healthcare providers to receive feedback is through a HIPAA breach investigation by Health and Human Services, according to a GAO report.