The University at Buffalo Information Technology (UBIT) operates as a covered entity as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR). HIPAA Regulation Text ...

Healthcare entities and their business associates (healthcare companies) have spent the better part of two decades navigating the Health ...

As it pertains to the Gramm Leach Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Safeguarding of Electronic Customer Information and Protected Health Information ...

Security technology will provide at least this minimum level of compliance, but also provide extra protection over and above the HIPAA standard. Documentation will be a key aspect of any HIPAA ...

HIPAA requires a covered entity to implement sanctions for violations of policies and procedures. A covered entity must have appropriate sanctions and apply appropriate sanctions against its workforce ...

This post is part of our The Top 2025 Privacy and Security Issues Still Shaping Healthcare series, in which our team of attorneys provides essential strategies and ...

Patients want their healthcare information to stay private. Healthcare provider organizations want to keep patient data secure. But the need for interoperability and sharing of protected health ...

Health-care organizations need to up their defenses as cyber attacks increasingly hit the sector. Focusing on identity and access management, patching key vulnerabilities, providing training on ...

OREM, Utah, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to SecurityMetrics' 2020 HIPAA survey data, organizations are getting better at internal security measures like email security and employee training ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (or HIPAA) sets the standards for protecting sensitive patient data. To protect yourself from liabilities, any outside vendor you work with must ...