HIPAA Blog
HIPAA Blog describes itself as "a discussion of medical privacy issues buried in political arcana." HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Author: The author is Jeff Drummond, described on other blawgs as a lawyer who represents hospitals and health care entities.
Blawg Related Categories: Health Law • Media & Communications Law
Recent Posts from HIPAA Blog
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Tweets on a Plane: I'm currently on American Airlines flight 446, DFW-PHL, somewhere over the Appalacian Mountains, and blogging. On-board wi-fi. Don't know if its a blessing or a curse. It's like I haven't left…
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Twitter as an Epidemiologists Tool? Chris Thorman, who normally blogs about EMR software, has an interesting piece noting how well Twitter has worked in following the Iranian unrest, and contemplating a use for Twitter in…
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Arkansas Snoopin': Two hospital employees and a staff doctor have been charged with illegally accessing patient records in the case of a Little Rock news anchor who was brutally murdered. The case is in Federal…
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NIH comment site
NIH comment site: The National Institutes for Health have responded, in a way, to the report by the Health Privacy Project of the Center for Democracy and Technology on the need for better de-identification of…
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Physician email: as more and more payors agree to pay for it, doctors are conducting more online communications with their patients. But you better have a secure connection and use encryption technologies.
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HIPAA Sanctions Policy: As noted here, HITECH reiterated and refined the tiered penalty structure of HIPAA itself, and it's probably a good idea for every covered entity to have a tiered sanction policy for employees,…
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Wired Patient Rights: I absolutely agree with this: ". . . informed, motivated patients must play a much greater role in managing their own health if the policy goals of improving the quality of care…
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Business Associates: Interesting article on the issues HITECH have raised regarding business associates. Two interesting points: "many" experts think business associates won't be ready to comply directly with HIPAA, and some covered entities don't even…
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Healthcare Reform
Healthcare Reform: This is a little off-topic, but not too far. I'm often asked what I think about the various health reform proposals. I haven't had a chance to draft out my ideas and issues…
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Physician Data Breaches: According to the AMA, physicians have an ethical duty to report electronic medical record breaches to affected patients.