Hopefully most people know by now that whatever you post on the Internet is not private, and that basically anyone can read it. Hopefully most people know by now that it is a growing trend for employers to use information they find on the Internet in their hiring and firing decisions.
Well, it appears the information found on the Internet can now be used by insurers to make decisions about to whom they will and will not provide insurance.
Posts Tagged ‘patient privacy’
Blog Info OK’d To Use To Make Medical Insurance Coverage Decision
Monday, February 11th, 2008A Stolen Health Insurer’s Laptop With PII Is Not Necessarily A HIPAA Violation
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008While scanning the news blurb summaries today, the statement, “This is a violation of HIPAA.” caught my eye. Hmm…let’s see what this is about…
This statement was actually within the reader comments to the story, “Blue Cross reports theft of computer.”
A Stolen Health Insurer’s Laptop With PII Is Not Necessarily A HIPAA Violation
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008While scanning the news blurb summaries today, the statement, “This is a violation of HIPAA.” caught my eye. Hmm…let’s see what this is about…
This statement was actually within the reader comments to the story, “Blue Cross reports theft of computer.”
CMS Announces Plans To Actively Audit Hospitals For HIPAA Compliance
Monday, January 21st, 2008The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that they plan to audit 10 – 20 hospitals for HIPAA compliance in the next 9 months according to a Government Health IT article.
CMS Hires A Fox To Guard The HIPAA Henhouse
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008I just read a very interesting article, “CMS’ HIPAA watchdog presents potential conflict” that made me go Hmmm!!
The genesis of the article is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that is responsible for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) oversight and compliance enforcement, has contracted PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to perform HIPAA Security Rule compliance audits during 2008.
7 More Reasons Why Sending Cleartext IM and Email Is *NOT* Secure Even If Your Doc Says It Is…Part 2
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007As a continuation of my blog posting from Monday, here are 7 additional reasons to add to the previous 4 for why sending cleartext instant messages (IMs) and email is not secure:
Sending Cleartext IM and Email Is *NOT* Secure Even If Your Doc Says It Is…Part 1
Monday, November 19th, 2007I got some interesting comments and questions, and lots of good direct feedback, about my blog post on sending cleartext patient information last week, “HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements” so I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the topic a little more.
Sending Cleartext IM and Email Is *NOT* Secure Even If Your Doc Says It Is…Part 1
Monday, November 19th, 2007I got some interesting comments and questions, and lots of good direct feedback, about my blog post on sending cleartext patient information last week, “HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements” so I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the topic a little more.
HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements
Thursday, November 15th, 2007My good friend Alec recently made me aware of a very interesting blog post made by a physician (thanks Alec!) that is frankly quite troubling.
HIPAA, The Insider Threat & Prison Time
Thursday, October 11th, 2007It seems there are more and more stories related to patient privacy and HIPAA popping up lately. Today another story caught my eye related to them.
