HIPAA Corner

Sometimes things happen that could cause a privacy or security problem for a patient. By reporting these incidents, you can help ensure Baptist fosters and maintains the safest culture possible. The Privacy and Security Incident form makes reporting …

On April 21, Baptist will begin implementing FairWarning®, a new software tool designed to monitor instances where a patient’s electronic health record is inappropriately accessed. The software allows remote teams to review audit trails, specifically looking at data from …

Phishing email messages, websites, and phone calls are designed to steal information and money. Cybercriminals can do this by installing malicious software on your computer or stealing personal information off of your computer. Cybercriminals also use social engineering …

You can read this and any Leader article on any smartphone, tablet or computer by visiting baptistleader.org. Recently there have been several hacking incidents. The purpose of these hacking incidents is to provide the hackers with specific personal …

Have you ever used, or thought about using, Dropbox, GoogleDocs, or OneDrive? You may have seen your kids using these applications for their school work and wondered if it was a tool you could use for your work. …

Cornell Prescription Pharmacy in Denver will pay $125,000 and adopt a corrective action plan after a reporter found the pharmacy was improperly disposing documents containing patient information. After the story aired, the pharmacy underwent a compliance review and …

Premera Blue Cross, a health plan in the Pacific Northwest, is notifying 11 million individuals about a cyber attack that exposed personal information. On Jan. 29, 2015, Premera discovered that cyber attackers had executed a sophisticated attack to …

Team members may not use their employee access to Baptist’s computer systems to access their own medical record. Employee access is to be used for work-related purposes only. To access their personal health records, team members should sign up for a …

A former medical assistant at a South Florida medical practice has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing patient identities from a hospital database. The employee stole the identities by accessing the hospital system’s database …