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Ransomware and the Small Medical Practice: What Happens, What HIPAA Requires, and What Preparation Looks Like

Ransomware and the Small Medical Practice: What Happens, What HIPAA Requires, and What Preparation Looks Like

The call comes on a Monday morning. The front desk opens the office and the EHR will not load. The schedule for the day is inaccessible. Patient charts are unavailable. There is a message on the scre

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Is My IT Company Handling HIPAA? Five Questions That Reveal the Gap

Is My IT Company Handling HIPAA? Five Questions That Reveal the Gap

The question comes up almost every time I talk with a small practice administrator: "Doesn't our IT company handle all of that?" It is a reasonable assumption. The practice pays a monthly fee to an

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What a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis Actually Requires (And Why Most Small Practices Have Never Done One)

What a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis Actually Requires (And Why Most Small Practices Have Never Done One)

When OCR investigates a small practice after a breach, one of the first things it asks for is documentation of the practice's Security Risk Analysis. Not a summary of security measures the practice b

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