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Michigan Multispecialty Physicians Outsources HIPAA Compliant Data Center to Online Tech

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Michigan Physicians Group Increases ROI on Internal IT Resources By Using SAS 70 Colocation Press Release Source: Online Tech On Tuesday May 24, 2011, 6:17 am EDT ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Michigan Multispecialty Physicians (MMP), a specialty group of surgical physicians, has selected Online Tech, a premier Midwest managed data center provider, for colocation services and offsite [...]

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Security Tokens and Government Mandates Ensure Your Privacy

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A security token is a physical device that is used to add an additional layer of authentication security to any login. Security tokens come in a variety of forms and are also commonly referred to as a hardware token or hard token, authentication token, usb token, security fob, or token fob. Security tokens are typically [...]

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HIPAA Compliance Business Associates Shouldering More Responsibilities

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Business associate is an individual, group or an organization which participates or performs some activities on behalf of the Covered Entity in a capacity as a business partner and is not member of the workforce of the Covered Entity. The Privacy Rule lists some of the functions or activities, as well as the particular services, [...]

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How Is All This Stuff on the News About Bill Clinton's Stents Not a Violation of HIPAA?

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I'm assuming he did not talk to the press and admit all this information to them. So, how is all this news about his health getting on the news? Isn't it illegal to put it on television and a violation of his privacy as protected by HIPAA? Tags: HIPAA, Press, information, bill clinton, television hipaa [...]

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Anyone Know How I Can Find Information Online About Current Court Cases That Have to Do With Hipaa Violations?

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I have a project for school that we are doing on health care privacy (hippa). One the requirements for our project is to have an example of a current court case that had to do with a violation of hipaa. I am having a very hard time finding any information online on this topic. Please [...]

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The HITECH Breach Notification Rules: Ensuring Compliance With the New Obligations

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On February 17, 2009, Congress enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  In response to a mandate in the HITECH Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments for [...]

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HIPAA @ IT 2002 Annual Review: Health Information Transactions, Privacy, and Security

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Product Description This book HIPAA @ IT 2002 Annual Review contains the HIPAA@IT Monthly Updates of December 2001 through December 2002. These 13 issues average about 30 pages each in length and provide in-depth analysis of progress with HIPAA compliance. The other HIPAA books from HIPAA-IT LLC, such as HIPAA@IT Reference, 2003 present the meaning [...]

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Understanding HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA, as it is popularly known was enacted in 1996 by Congress. It came into force on 1 July, 1997. The main purpose of this act is to regulate health care delivery system and health insurance industry so that health care rights of people are protected from frauds, [...]

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HIPAA Compliance Requires Healthcare Organization a Data Back-Up System

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Whether you are looking for data back up options for administrative computers or student computers that need to retrieve coursework, there are some elegant data back up solutions to counter the challenges that are faced in the education industry. Some of the solutions might be specially configured computers that have mirror hard drives installed that [...]

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Intranet Collaboration Software Hipaa Requirements

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Sharing private health information over the internet can be a risky business. Unfortunately, as people become accustomed to doing most if not all of their personal business online, the demand for accessing this information online will grow to the point that health care providers will have no choice but to either provide access to this [...]

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How a Paper Shredder Can Help You Comply With HIPAA and FACTA Rules

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When you think about paper shredders and the protection they can provide, what comes to mind? If you're like most people, you're worried about an identity thief making off with your credit card information, Social Security number, and so forth. But if you run a business, you need to consider someone else's privacy: your customer's. [...]

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HIPAA Privacy RX the Privacy Rule and Pharmacy Practice CD-ROM

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ISBN13: 9780131174054 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description A complete pharmacy HIPAA training solution that combines expert, job-specific information, this CD-ROM offers customized organizational policies and procedures (P&Ps) and a mechanism that builds in proof of participation. The flexible online or CD-ROM format allows pharmacies to distribute and track [...]

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HIPAA a Positive Way of Keeping the Health Information

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HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, endorsed in 1996. HIPAA laws produced a new nationalized standard in shielding the health information. Since as a person sees different physicians or gets admitted to different hospitals, the requisite health information must follow you. HIPAA defines the requirement to appropriately guard your health information [...]

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Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, 2010

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Descriptions and legal citations for more than 800 state and federal laws protecting personal information or limiting surveillance of individuals, grouped by categories and states. Includes financial, credit, medical, school, government, insurance, employment, and arrest records, plus wiretapping, Social Security numbers, tracking technologies and telephone services. Canadian federal and provincial laws too. Compilation of State [...]

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CERIAS Security: Privacy Policies in Web-Based Healthcare 4/5

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Clip 4/5 Speaker: Julie Earp · North Carolina State University The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has resulted in the presence of very descriptive privacy policies on healthcare websites. These policies are intended to notify users about the organization's privacy practices; however, they are typically not easy to read, leading few [...]

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INetU & Trustwave Partner to Provide Hosted Security Services for PCI DSS and HIPAA Compliance

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INetU Managed Hosting (www.inetu.net) and Trustwave (www.trustwave.com) have partnered to deliver a security program for merchants seeking compliance with the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other standards in a managed hosting environment. Together, INetU's industry-leading managed hosting services and Trustwave's managed security solutions put merchants who engage both companies in an excellent position to validate compliance [...]

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HIPAA Privacy Security

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HIPAA Privacy Security Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996 to make certain that privacy in regards to patients' medical records is  maintained properly. HIPAA in various ways has changed the way healthcare providers manage patients' personal information. HIPAA has not only set the ground rules for [...]

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Understanding HIPAA Compliance

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The medical industry is responsible for safeguarding all manner of information, from patients' medical records to their financial and personal information.  All of this information needs to be readily available to medical providers, but it must be protected from other parties who might try to put that information to a nefarious use.  This is where [...]

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Minnesota Health Care Directive- Disclosure of Health Information Governed by Hipaa

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A Minnesota Health Care Directive typically does not empower a health care agent to act on behalf of the principle until the principal lacks capacity to make those decisions.  That is why it is a good idea to include specific language within the Health Care Directive that addresses this issue.  Minnesota Section 145C.08 states that [...]

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CERIAS Security: Privacy Policies in Web-Based Healthcare 1/5

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Clip 1/5 Speaker: Julie Earp · North Carolina State University The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has resulted in the presence of very descriptive privacy policies on healthcare websites. These policies are intended to notify users about the organization's privacy practices; however, they are typically not easy to read, leading few [...]

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