Healthcare workforce HIPAA training strategies and solutions
A receptionist at a dermatology clinic in New England forwarded a spreadsheet of 1,800 patient names and insurance IDs to her personal Gmail account.
The Question That Catches Most Compliance Officers Off Guard A hospital system I worked with had 14,000 employees. Their HIPAA training program covered about
A $4.3 Million Fine That Started with Untrained Staff In 2015, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost three unencrypted devices containing
A Receptionist, a Waiting Room, and a $1.5 Million Mistake A few years ago, I consulted with a mid-size behavioral health clinic that had
A Single Text Cost This Health System $3 Million In 2018, the University of Rochester Medical Center agreed to a $3 million settlement with OCR
A Nurse, a Hallway, and a $4.75 Million Settlement In 2021, a major health system paid $4.75 million to settle allegations from the
A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $1.5 Million Fine A few years ago, I consulted with a specialty clinic where a front-desk employee
A receptionist at a small orthopedic clinic in Arizona clicked "Reply All" to an email containing 836 patient records. The breach triggered an
A home health agency in Texas got hit with two separate federal investigations in the same quarter — one from OSHA for failing to maintain a
A dental office in Georgia got hit with two enforcement actions in the same quarter — one from OSHA for bloodborne pathogen violations, one from OCR
A FedEx driver picks up a sealed box of patient records from a hospital's loading dock every Tuesday at 3 p.m. A
The Typo That 14,000 People Search for Every Month Let's get the elephant out of the room. You searched for HIPPA compliance
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