An interesting editorial ran this past Sunday in the Mason City, Iowa Globe Gazette about HIPAA, “The Price of Privacy: HIPAA has far-ranging implications”
The title intrigued me. Yes, indeed there will be far-ranging implications to effectively start handling protected health information (PHI) in ways that will protect privacy.
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HIPAA: Privacy and the Press
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007HIPAA: Privacy and the Press
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007An interesting editorial ran this past Sunday in the Mason City, Iowa Globe Gazette about HIPAA, “The Price of Privacy: HIPAA has far-ranging implications”
The title intrigued me. Yes, indeed there will be far-ranging implications to effectively start handling protected health information (PHI) in ways that will protect privacy.
HIPAA: Congressional and GAO Reports Say HHS Needs To Make Changes To Protect Patient Privacy
Monday, February 5th, 2007According to a congressional testimony report posted February 1, “Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government’s Health Information Technology Initiative,” the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to do more to address privacy and security concerns connected with the new technology.
Here is an excerpt from the testimony statement of Senator Daniel K. Akaka:
HIPAA Mobile and Remote Computing Security Guidance from CMS
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Today I received notice that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just issued a new publication, “Security Guidance for Remote Use‚Äù which is actually dated 12/28/2006.
“This document is intended to provide HIPAA covered entities with general information on the risks and possible mitigation strategies for remote use of Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI).”
Psychotherapy Notes Fiasco and HIPAA: Bad Legislation, Bad Enforcement, or Bad Covered Entity?
Thursday, December 28th, 2006The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran an interesting story today, “Spread of records stirs fears of privacy erosion.”
Basically this describes the trials and tribulations of a woman was denied disability benefits from her insurer following a car accident because of notes made by her psychologist. Reportedly the psychologist notes were intermingled with her general medical records.
Medical Identity Theft and HIPAA
Friday, December 22nd, 2006On Wednesday the Queens Gazette ran a report on medical identity theft.
This certainly is an issue of concern. I blogged about medical identity theft earlier this year.
Combining identity theft with unauthorized access to medical information certainly can lead to magnified repercussions beyond wrecked credit ratings and hundreds of hours spent trying to clean up all the damage a criminal can do with personally identifiable information (PII). The potential increases for further abusing and horribly impacting the involved individuals, metally, physically and financially, by having access to their prescription information, insurance information, physician information, medical history, and everything else involved.
HIPAA: Report Shows Most Complaints Not Investigated
Monday, December 18th, 2006Government Health IT published an interesting report today, “Most privacy complaints are not investigated.”
From the article:
“The Department of Health and Human Services investigated less than 25 percent of 22,964 privacy complaints submitted to HHS‚Äô Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from April 2003 through September 2006”
