Except if you are living under a rock, you would know about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 which stresses on the integrity, sanctity, and security of PHI (protected health information). However, the question that arises is, why is PHI kept under the rug? And why is it always talked about …
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. It has two main purposes: to provide continuous health insurance coverage for workers, who lose or change their job, and to reduce the administrative burdens and cost of healthcare by standardizing …
September 20th, 2018, three Boston hospitals were fined by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). All three of the hospital authorities are facing charges for violating HIPAA policy by allowing film crew on the premises with strict patient privacy, without their authorization. Namely, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Boston …
Healthcare Data Breaches: Exposing millions of Patients’ protected health information and creating ruptures in the division of Healthcare Cycle