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Issue 12, December 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Honeypots: A sweet tool you can use to monitor snooping staff members

  It doesn’t matter whether a staff member peeks at the medical record of Tiger Woods, John...

• Ensure safe transfer of PHI when selling a practice

  Every day, in every industry, businesses are bought and sold, new management replaces old...

• Certified career boosters: How credentials help you

  All you need is a few dollars, a few classes, and a passing exam grade, and those few letters...

Issue 11, November 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Keep cell phone use compliant

  People use cell phones to chat with friends and family, send text messages, and photograph each...

• Disaster preparedness: Design, update, and practice your disaster recovery and business continuity plans

  Disasters aren’t a threat only in areas susceptible to tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes...

• Discipline with the intent to educate when responding to HIPAA violations to minimize future incidents

  Despite the thoroughness of your policies and procedures, the effectiveness of your training, and...

Issue 10, October 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• HIPAA compliance in the ER

  The emergency room (ER) is one place where unpredictability is the norm, where critical and...

• Offshoring a potentially risky cost saver for organizations

  Outsourcing medical billing, coding, and transcription overseas yields significant savings for...

• Attention to detail, information exchange process makes Oregon DHS a compliance success story

  Kyle Miller, CISSP, has spent nearly three decades in information technology (IT), including work...

Issue 9, September 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Minimize mistakes when responding to the media

  It doesn't matter whether your facility is located in the largest U.S. metropolitan area or a small...

• Train billing and coding staff members on HIPAA

  Editor's note: This is the fifth and final article in a series highlighting HIPAA training needs...

• What you may not know about HIPAA but probably should

  Editor's note: This is HICI's second installment of little-known HIPAA facts from industry...

Issue 8, August 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Train patient access staff members on HIPAA

  Editor's note: The following article is the fourth of five in a series about effectively training...

• What you may not know about HIPAA: Interesting facts and little-known requirements

  You probably have a thorough knowledge of HIPAA-protecting patient information is a big part of...

• Medical identity theft an increasing challenge

  It's a hot topic everywhere-in television commercials, movies, and on the nightly news. And it's a...

Issue 7, July 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• HIPAA and the modern blended, extended family

  Protecting patient information has always been challenging. But these days, it's downright...

• Understand e-discovery and what it means for you

  Facilities that don't know exactly where their PHI resides are less prepared to defend against...

• Train your environmental services staff

  Editor's note: The following article is the third of five in a series about effectively training...

Issue 6, June 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Follow five rules to make your HIPAA training program shine

  When Community Health and Counseling Services (CHCS) assigned her the title of chief privacy...

• Workers' compensation: Understand rules for disclosures

  Although HIPAA does detail the handling of PHI that stems from workers' compensation claims, there...

• Maximize your time when training upper management

  Editor's note: The following is the second article in a series on how to effectively train specific...

Issue 5, May 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Train physicians on HIPAA privacy and security

  Editor's note: The following article is the first in a series about effectively training specific...

• Handle medical record amendments as you move to EHRs

  The HIPAA privacy rule (section 164.526) permits patients to amend their medical records, and as...

• Outsource your data storage: Reduce stress and remain HIPAA compliant without breaking the bank

  One of Dan Novak's responsibilities as information technology (IT) manager at Euclid Insurance in...

Issue 4, April 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Information classification: Organize a better strategy to write, enforce policy

  It's probably scribbled on Post-it notes, jotted on notebook paper, saved on computer desktops or...

• Conquer privacy training at your LTC facility

  Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series about HIPAA compliance for long-term...

• Keep on top of security to stay compliant

  Until this year, a visit from the tooth fairy seemed more likely than a visit from a HIPAA auditor...

Issue 3, March 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Protect against the dangers of remote access

  Emerging communication technology in healthcare is yesterday's news-but the federal government's...

• Privacy and LTC: Common problems, effective solutions

  Editor's note: This is the first article in a two-part series about HIPAA compliance for long-term...

• Fund-raising, marketing, and the privacy rule

  Healthcare providers that remain ignorant of HIPAA's rules regarding fund-raising and marketing do...

Issue 2, February 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• HIPAA training: Best practices for better success

  When the HIPAA privacy rule went into effect in early 2003, it provided the first measure of...

• HIPAA security enforcement will heat up in 2008

  The end of 2007 brings to a close a tumultuous year for covered entities, which faced NPI...

• Recognize common HIPAA myths and misconceptions

  Working proactively to maintain HIPAA compliance and patient privacy is essential. However, some of...

Issue 1, January 1, 2008 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Standardize privacy reviews for simplicity and success

  Prior to developing the privacy impact analysis tool that San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare...

Issue 1, January 1, 2008

• Monitor the health of your HIPAA security compliance

  If you are responsible, directly or indirectly, for your organization's implementation of HIPAA's...