HIPAA Corner: How to dispose of documents containing patient info

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…

Crime Doesn’t Pay

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…

HIPAA Corner

San Francisco public health officials had to notify nearly 56,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised by theft of eight unencrypted laptops….

Baptist transforms privacy and security department

Baptist recently transformed its privacy and security department. The group, which comprises four colleagues, is responsible for protecting patient information and ensuring that Baptist follows…