The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must take significant steps to enhance its HIPAA audit program to ensure stronger protection of electronic ...

The Covered Components and individuals who work in any of the Covered Components listed on the HIPAA Compliance website, are affected by this policy. Purdue University is a Hybrid Entity under the ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released guidance for securing health information by rendering health information unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized ...

An unmitigated revamp of healthcare cybersecurity is coming in 2025, and experts warn that the compliance burden for organizations will be steep. Since 2005, healthcare organizations have been subject ...

Healthcare is increasingly digital and mobile with electronic records, cloud computing, smart phones and tablets. With all of the benefits of technology in healthcare, there are also some downsides.

Texas Announces Certification Program to Improve Health Record Security The Texas Health Services Authority and the Health Information Trust Alliance have announced a partnership to develop a formal ...