This HIPAA training program will focus on the risks and issues of the use of portable devices for patient communications and accessing PHI. Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to IT.
This HIPAA training will provide detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule, in particular portable devices. The course instructor have been expert witness on multiple court cases where a business or medical practice is being sued for not doing their due diligence to minimize risk.
Why Should You Attend:
It is important to understand the new changes going on at Health and Human Services as it relates to enforcement of HIPAA for both covered entities and business associates. You need to know how to avoid being low hanging in terms of audit risk as well as being sued by individuals who have had their PHI wrongfully discloses due to bad IT practices.This HIPAA training will provide detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule, in particular portable devices. The course instructor have been expert witness on multiple court cases where a business or medical practice is being sued for not doing their due diligence to minimize risk.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Texting, email, encryption, medical messaging and voice data as they relate to IT
- Risk factors for portable media
- What should you do if you receive an audit letter
- Court cases the instructor have been part of relating to bad IT practices
- Examples
Who Will Benefit:
- Practice managers
- MDs and other medical professionals
- Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc.)
Course Provider
Brian Tuttle,
