HIPAA, HITECH Act and Disposal Problems

Here’s yet another incident that provides very good lessons that could be incorporated into information security and privacy training sessions as a case study, particularly for HIPAA compliance as well as secure disposal training…


Dumped Tenn. medical files belonged to late doctor
Note that under the HITECH Act, the recycler could also be liable and face noncompliance sanctions.

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