Healthcare workforce HIPAA training strategies and solutions
A single misconfigured EHR server exposed the protected health information of 3.9 million patients at Advocate Medical Group — and cost the organization $5.55
The Post Test Nobody Talks About — Until It Costs You Last year, I reviewed training records for a mid-size cardiology practice in Texas. Every single
That "No-Cost" HIPAA Course Could Cost You $1.5 Million A pediatric nonprofit in Idaho thought they'd checked the box. They
I once watched a practice manager spend three hours searching for a "federally recognized HIPAA certification test" — convinced that HHS issued some kind
A hospital employee in Texas once forwarded a patient's lab results to her personal Gmail account so she could "finish charting at
The Hurricane That Exposed a Hospital's HIPAA Blind Spot In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, hospitals across the Gulf Coast scrambled to reunite
A receptionist at a cancer clinic in Florida forwarded a spreadsheet of 1,200 patient names, diagnoses, and Social Security numbers to her personal Gmail
The Penalty That Started With an Untrained Receptionist In 2018, Cottage Health paid $3 million to settle with HHS after a breach exposed over 62,
A radiology technician at a hospital in New York forwarded a patient's imaging report to her personal Gmail account so she could "
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
A physician in Texas billed Medicare for over 5,000 hours of home health services in a single year. That's roughly 14 hours
A front desk coordinator at a three-dentist practice in North Carolina handed a patient the wrong checkout summary. Attached to it was another patient'
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