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HIPAA Penetration Testing?
Being an IT company that specializes in HIPAA compliance we get a lot of interesting inquiries that leave us scratching our heads. HIPAA penetration testing is one of the areas. We get an inquiry to perform penetration testing for a new customer. Almost always the...
What is Reasonable and Appropriate for Your Specific Environment
These days we deal with resistance and denial towards HIPAA compliance. There are many reasons given for incomplete or ineffective compliance programs. We have heard everything from long rambling rants against the government, claims of not applicable to me and...
Simple HIPAA Checklist – Well Sort of
A Cloud Based EMR Does Not A Compliant Entity Make
Recently, a question came up that involved entities that said they are perfectly fine with HIPAA compliance because they use a cloud based EMR (or EHR) who takes care of all their HIPAA compliance for them. A discussion ensued ending with the question: This can’t...
Aristotle, Galileo and Newton’s Laws Apply to the Omnibus Final Rule Deadline
Aristotle first started to theorize about the laws of physics including the law of inertia. Galileo restated Aristotle a bit and added his own twists to the concepts. When we finally got Newton’s two cents added we got to this scientific statement: A body will keep...
The Law Says We Should All Freak Out At The Same Time
In a recent session I conducted on the Omnibus Rule, I was answering questions from the audience. I tend to add humor to my sessions as much as possible. HIPAA isn’t a topic especially worthy of attentiveness on Saturday morning at 9am. The question was about how do...
No Better Time to Get Started
Privacy and security programs require persistent care and monitoring. There will never be a better time to get started.
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