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Recent Posts from HIPAA News


  • Its no Longer Tough to Report Health IT Security Compliance

    A new program that helps streamline how healthcare organizations report to their business associates their status of compliance to security regulations such as HIPAA and others has been unveiled by the Health Information Trust Alliance…

  • Conformation of two morw swine flu deaths at Geisinger Medical Center

    Swine flu has clamined life of yet another person at Geisinger Medical Center, according to a hospital news release. As with the death an-nounced Nov. 6, the hospital is not releasing the person's name, citing…

  • A 360 Degree Approach to HIPAA Compliance

    A valuable approach to meeting HIPAA security compliance requirements begins with a security management solution - one that enables real-time monitoring, compliance reporting and control management. Technology alone however, is not the answer. The best…

  • Small Business Pains To be Addressed by D&H With Strategic Solutions In 2010

    The chief North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, Strategic Solutions announces that for 2010 it will help educate its VARs on the specific needs and

  • HIPAA Enforcement Strenghtend by HHS

    An interim final rule with request for comments to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been issued by the U.S. Department of Health and…

  • Shift in Reform Focus to the Senate

    In a 220-215 vote, the U.S. House passed a massive health reform bill. The bill, like two pending proposals in the Senate, retains administrative simplification language to make more uniform the HIPAA transaction sets for…

  • Health Data Sharing Hampered by Privacy, Security Laws , Experts Say

    Sharing of electronic health records among federal agencies and private-sector health care providers is made cumbersome by the Federal Information Security Management Act and HIPAA privacy rules, health IT executives said last week at a…

  • Health info security laws an obstacle to health Internet

    The governments Connect software is expected to be used by the Federal agencies to share health information with private healthcare providers, but current information security and privacy laws significantly block their way, government health IT…

  • HIPAA privacy fines raised to $1.5 million by HHS

    Under an interim final rule published by HHS, the maximum civil fine for violating HIPAA privacy regulations will jump to $1.5 million per provision from the current $25,000 And no longer will a healthcare provider,…

  • Schools keen to step ahead for H1N1 vaccinations

    The Health and School departments are trying to assess how many parents would be interested in having their school-aged children participate in H1N1 flu vaccination clinics at the Ipswich High and Middle School complex. A…