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Top Three Industries that Need an Effective Risk Management Solution

Top Three Industries that Need an Effective Risk Management Solution May 9, 2018 Compliance | Cyber Security | Cyber Threats | Disaster Recovery Planning | Emergency Preparedness | HIPAA Risk Analysis | Hospital Security | Managing the Risk Assessment | OSHA | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Assessment & Compliance | Threat Assessment […]

5 Steps for Healthcare Compliance

5 Steps for Healthcare Compliance October 10, 2019 Compliance | HIPAA Risk Analysis | Hospital Security | Riskwatch Blog Healthcare Compliance As a highly regulated, high-risk industry, healthcare organizations place the utmost concern on compliance. Healthcare compliance protects both patients and staff, and widely covers areas such as patient safety, data protection, and billing. As […]

How to Prepare for a Security Audit

How to Prepare for a Security Audit August 22, 2018 Compliance | Corporate Security | Cyber Security | Cyber Threats | Emergency Preparedness | Facilities Security | HIPAA Risk Analysis | OSHA | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Assessment & Compliance | Uncategorized The Unnecessary Torture of Security Audits From financial services to […]

Violation Fines Aggressively Being Enforced – Are you HIPAA Compliant?

Violation Fines Aggressively Being Enforced – Are you HIPAA Compliant? January 24, 2014 Compliance | HIPAA Risk Analysis | Risk Assessment | Risk Assessment & Compliance | Uncategorized Are you HIPAA compliant? Late last year, members of the U.S. Congress challenged The Director of Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Leon Rodriguez, to step up the […]

HHS requires California medical center to protect patients’ right to privacy

HHS requires California medical center to protect patients’ right to privacy June 17, 2013 Compliance | HIPAA Risk Analysis | Risk Assessment & Compliance Republished from (https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/shasta-agreement-press-release.html) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HHS Press Office Thursday, June 13, 2013 (202) 690-6343(202) 690-6343 News Release Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has agreed to a comprehensive corrective action plan to […]

Idaho State University Settles HIPAA Security Case for $400,000

Idaho State University Settles HIPAA Security Case for $400,000 May 22, 2013 HIPAA Risk Analysis | Uncategorized This Post is a direct quote from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ official website found at the following URL: https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/isu-agreement-press-release.html.html “Idaho State University Settles HIPAA Security Case for $400,000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HHS Press Office […]

The IT Risk Assessment and HIPAA Compliance

The IT Risk Assessment and HIPAA Compliance November 13, 2012 Compliance | HIPAA Risk Analysis The positions “Risk Analysis,”  at  front-and-center in the first section of HIPAA – the Administrative Safeguards.  Yet,  it is rare to find that a formal IT Risk Assessment has been completed, and rarer still to find that the IT Risk […]

Healthcare Provider to Pay $1.5M HIPAA Fine

Healthcare Provider to Pay $1.5M HIPAA Fine September 21, 2012 HIPAA Risk Analysis Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. (MEEI) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1.5 million to settle potential violations of […]

Another Big Fine After a Small Breach

Another Big Fine After a Small Breach September 18, 2012 HIPAA Risk Analysis HIPAA Investigation Leads to Sanctions For the second time in three months, federal authorities have issued a hefty financial penalty stemming from a HIPAA compliance investigation after a relatively small breach. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has entered […]

A State CSO Reflects on a Breach

A State CSO Reflects on a Breach September 16, 2012 HIPAA Risk Analysis | Hospital Security | Threat Assessment Alaska’s Health and Social Services CSO Offers Lessons Learned Thor Ryan, chief security officer at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, offers lessons learned as a result of his organization’s $1.7 million settlement following […]