Learn from other healthcare organizations' mistakes; Review the top breaches of 2009 and how you can prevent the same at your facility
Briefings on HIPAA, January 1, 2010
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Numerous organizations made it into the headlines in 2009 for failing to protect patients' privacy information. Those stories and the lessons they provide can help other healthcare organizations avoid finding themselves as front-page news, says Margret Amatayakul, RHIA, CPHS, CPHIT, CPEHR, FHIMSS, president of Margret\A Consulting in Schaumburg, IL.
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