Health care providers should evaluate their use of “tracking technologies” on their websites and mobile applications (apps) for compliance with HIPAA. According to OCR, tracking technology is a script ...

While all companies must take measures to safeguard the privacy and integrity of their electronic data, covered entities and their business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and ...

The challenge surrounding AI PCs is less about whether the devices can improve productivity and more about whether governance ...

Credit: Getty Images Core provisions of the HIPAA legislation have largely remained unchanged since their inception despite rapid evolution of technology to keep protected health information from ...

Ask anyone who’s ever gone to medical school—they’ll tell you the ability to understand medical textbooks feels like a superpower. The same can be said about navigating Health Insurance Portability ...

In 1996 President Clinton signed a legislative bill titled the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The law was meant to provide portability of insurance between employers, ...

Doctors in a meeting (Getty Images) The Department of Health and Human Services is responding to a growing threat of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry. Healthcare was the most breached ...

Almost every entity in the healthcare sector deals with patient data. Although access to this data can help in improving overall care, it should be safeguarded per Health Insurance Portability and ...

I. SummaryThis article explains what hospitals should know about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) and HIPAA updates under the ARRA, as well as what hospitals should do when ...

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In August 1996, President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law. For many Americans, HIPAA is a blip on the radar — some papers that get signed when ...

New technology known as Blockchain has significant promise for improving HIPAA compliance. It is a system of recording information, which reportedly makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, ...