Advocate Health to pay largest HIPAA settlement

From the original article:  Modernhealthcare.com Advocate Health Care has agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle multiple data protection violations over the past three years, marking the largest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act settlement HHS has ever received. HHS’ Office for Civil Rights said the massive settlement was due to the extent and duration of ...

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Do medical websites need to be HIPAA compliant?

02. August 2016 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
The simple answer is “yes”. The first thing is to determine what experience you want visitors to have when they visit your website. If your website is just an online “brochure” then no, you don’t need to be HIPAA worried! But, if you want your visitors to send emails, request appointments, fill out forms, upload ...