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Increased Patient Rights under HIPAA regarding Restriction Requests
Under the HIPAA Final Rule, patients are given increased rights regarding restriction requests. One provision details that should an individual pay out of pocket for a service in full, the patient has...
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Hospital Disaster Response Plan and PHI
With the approach of spring, yet another concern can be added to that of HIM departments: PHI + Natural Disasters = Trouble. Reports of flooding, tornadoes, severe storms and hurricanes seem to pop up...
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Medi-Copy Partners with Box
Medi-Copy Partners with Box, the HIPAA Compliant Cloud-Based mHealth Resource Medi-Copy is proud to announce that their systems and applications are interoperable with Box, the HIPAA compliant...
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Medi-Copy Selects SecureCare’s SFax as its Cloud Fax Service
Medi-Copy is proud to announce it has selected SecureCare’s Sfax as its cloud fax service! Medi-Copy Services, Inc. is health information management (HIM) company that prides itself in the secure...
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Employee HIPAA Breach
As if audits, declining reimbursements, budget cuts, and unencrypted devices were not enough to worry about; HIM directors also need to be aware of another threat that lurks in the dark corners of...
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Celebrity PHI: A Hot Commodity
Celebrities are among some of the individuals whose medical records are most sought after. This is by both employees within the facility as well as news/media outside of the facility. One covered...
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HHS Data Breach Wall of Shame… How to Not Make the List
To place on HHS’s website for being involved in a breach affecting 500 or more individuals, you just have to do one simple thing: forget to encrypt your data. At least, 4 out of the top 5 biggest data...
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The mHealth Buzz
Mobile devices have made a swift move into the industry as reliable tools for health care professionals. Physicians, health care providers and administrators are all using smartphones, laptops and...
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Price of Privacy
What is the price of privacy? The June issue of For the Record magazine describes a sad story of a 21-year-old man who died of a heroin overdose. His family believes his death could have been prevented...
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ICD-10: “The Final Countdown”
As titled on the cover of the current issue of the Journal of AHIMA, ICD-10 is reaching “The Final Countdown” with less than 16 months until the implementation deadline of October 1, 2014. Is your...
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