June 13, 2012
Strategies for Protecting Patient Privacy in a HITECH World
June 13, 2012 Webinar
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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH Act, dramatically increased civil monetary penalties for unauthorized releases of protected health information and added significantly to the Office of Civil Rights' enforcement resources. Recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigations into violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) represent a sea-change in the nature of HIPAA compliance — from one of education and the handling of paper records, to one of enforcement and the security of electronic media. Perhaps more significantly, HHS and OCR seem invigorated by the passage of HITECH and have made clear through their enforcement actions that technical security and unauthorized disclosures via portable electronic devices are squarely in their crosshairs. Part and parcel of this enhanced scrutiny is OCR's concern about security breaches through social media, as that technology becomes an increasingly popular form of communication.
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