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October 2008 (Volume 8, Issue 10)	view entire issue

Keep your staff members’ e-mail private and secure
In an era of instant connectivity, many physicians find that sending PHI and other confidential information via e-mail is easy and efficient. But not all physicians know the risks associated with the simple act of hitting “send.”

HIPAA and the use of electronic signatures and delivery
My friends in the e-commerce world tell me that they continually run into representatives of HIPAA covered organizations, usually providers, who maintain that HIPAA simply does not permit them to get electronic agreements to HIPAA authorizations or electronic acknowledgements of HIPAA privacy notices.

Q&A: Visitor badges, stolen laptops, and more
Q. What are the reporting requirements when a company laptop containing specially protected health information, such as mental health data, is stolen?

Attention to detail, information exchange process makes Oregon DHS a compliance success story
Kyle Miller, CISSP, has spent nearly three decades in information technology (IT), including work for Intermountain Healthcare in Utah and currently in the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS). Miller’s resume spans a wide range of skills from military intelligence to information security to healthcare claims to electronic data interchange and HIPAA. His experiences, though varied, share one common denominator: “I’ve always been responsible for the security of the information,” he says.

HIPAA in the ER: Exceptions, suggestions for compliance in a chaotic clinical setting
The emergency room (ER) is one place where unpredictability is the norm, where critical and noncritical cases walk through the same doors, and where 2 a.m. on a weekday can resemble Grand Central Station at rush hour.

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Certified career boosters: How credentials help you

Honeypots: A sweet tool for monitoring snooping

Lax enforcement? Not under the OIG’s watch

Flag identity theft as federal rule takes effect

Q&A: Handle flower deliveries, media requests, and more

Disaster preparedness: Design, update, practice your plan

Confront release of information challenges

Trust in CellTrust’s Mobile Healthcare Solution messaging

Discipline with the intent to educate

Flag identity theft as federal rule takes effect

Keep your staff members’ e-mail private and secure

HIPAA and the use of electronic signatures and delivery

Q&A: Visitor badges, stolen laptops, and more

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