Careless handling of HIV information jeopardizes patient’s privacy, costs entity $387k

24. May 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Inc. (St. Luke’s) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $387,200 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and agreed to implement a comprehensive corrective action plan. St. Luke’s operates the Institute for Advanced Medicine, formerly Spencer ...

'Careless handling' of private patient information leads to $387000 HIPAA fine for St. Luke's-Roosevelt – Healthcare Finance News

23. May 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Healthcare Finance News ‘Careless handling’ of private patient information leads to $387000 HIPAA fine for St. Luke’s-RooseveltHealthcare Finance NewsSt. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, part of New York’s Mount Sinai Health System, has paid the Department of Health and Human Services $387,200 to settle potential HIPAA violations stemming from a complaint that alleged the organization had … and ...

HIPAA Spring Check-Up: Your Obligations to Safeguard Third-Party Patient Health Information in Medical Records … – The National Law Review

23. May 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
HIPAA Spring Check-Up: Your Obligations to Safeguard Third-Party Patient Health Information in Medical Records …The National Law ReviewAnd, if your organization is facing a request seeking records or other materials that may contain patient health information (“PHI”), it bears repeating that while HIPAA provides a number of methods through which covered entities that hold records ...