HIPAA Compliant Text Messaging is a question that requires deep investigation. Nowadays, during the Covid-19 pandemia, people are constantly looking to communicate with each other and their doctors remotely. To make it happen, they are actively using text messaging. However, unlike friendly ...

Patients expect their healthcare providers to meet compliance regulations and keep their valuable information safe. Though, if you are HIPAA compliant, it doesn’t necessarily mean your data is secure. This article discusses the details of proper email security when it comes to HIPAA compliance. ...

Healthcare providers are mandated to protect sensitive data under HIPAA requirements. But with new privacy regulations such as the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many healthcare entities may wonder, “Does HIPAA compliance automatically make me GDPR compliant?” and ...

Since the Enforcement Final Rule of 2006, OCR has had the power to issue financial penalties (and/or corrective action plans) to covered entities that fail to comply with HIPAA Rules. Financial penalties for HIPAA violations were updated by the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, which introduced ...

We all know what HIPAA is, but not everyone is acknowledged that in Canada’s Ontario Province, healthcare privacy is regulated by the Personal Health Information Protection Act, or PHIPA. PHIPA is similar to HIPAA in a number of aspects. However, PHIPA contains several requirements that HIPAA does ...