Healthcare Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Virtual Privacy Officer and HIPAA Compliance Educator and National Speaker on Healthcare Privacy & Security
A pediatric dental office in Indianapolis left a box of patient charts on the curb for recycling. A passerby took a photo, posted it to
A surgeon's scheduling whiteboard in a busy hallway. A screenshot of a patient portal texted between nurses. A spreadsheet of lab results emailed
A pediatric clinic in Texas thought they were fully covered. They had general liability, malpractice, even an umbrella policy. Then a stolen laptop exposed the
A Nurse Looked Up Her Neighbor's Medical Records. It Cost Her Employer $1.44 Million. In 2023, the HHS Office for Civil Rights
Two Regulators, One Waiting Room, Zero Patience for Excuses Last year, a three-physician family practice in Georgia got hit from both sides in the same
A hospital receptionist emails a patient's lab results to the wrong address. A therapist discusses a case by name in a crowded elevator.
You Searched for "HIPA Regulation" — Let's Fix That First I see it every single week. Someone types "hipa regulation"
A Law That Turned HIPAA From Paper Tiger to Predator In 2009, a hospital in Texas left 35,000 patient records exposed on a publicly
A Missing Signature That Cost $4.3 Million In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services settled with Advocate Health Care for
A Single Text Message Cost This Health System $1.19 Million In 2023, a nurse at a mid-sized clinic texted a patient's lab
A hospital employee in Colorado hands a stack of lab results to a man standing at the front desk. He says he's the
A single stolen laptop cost the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center over $4.3 million in civil monetary penalties. Three unencrypted devices. No
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