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With the government’s stringent focus on fraud, abuse, and waste, hospitals cannot afford to ignore compliance. Audits are on the rise and have forced hospitals to re-think their traditional understanding of compliance. We set-up and maintain a system to ensure that everyone involved in operating your hospital and health system is fully committed to compliance. You will have an…

HIPAA Security Rule (45 CFR 164.300 et seq.) applies to electronic protected health information or more commonly known as ePHI. There are three security safeguards that are mandated under this rule namely: Administrative Safeguards, Physical Safeguards, and Technical Safeguards. One of the…

Did you know that most multifunction printers (MFPs) and photocopiers now contain hard disk drives that can store a data image of every document scanned, copied, faxed, emailed or printed? Why is this important to know? For one, if these printers or photocopiers contain highly sensitive data like protected patient health information, it could lead to threats like fraud or identity…