Why HIPAA Compliance is Becoming More Challenging…
and What You Can Do About It “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Whoever said it first (possibly Churchill, though it’s debated) understood a deeper truth about life’s challenges, often missed in easier times: storms and suffering tend to shake us out of our complacency, refining us for better things. Case in point:... Continue reading
HIPAA, HIPPA, or HIPPO?
6 Benefits (of More than Correct Spelling) for HIPAA Compliant Hosting by Stephen Trout It’s only 5 letters, but you misspelled it anyway. How many words sound like HIPAA, after all? One, mainly: hippopotamus. (Or maybe hippocampus for you brainy types). Then again, new physicians might resonate with Hippocratic, since it’s the traditional oath taken... Continue reading
How it Happened – The Critical Evidence of HIPAA Logs
If you’re like me, you’ve watched more than a few “Cold Case” or “How it Happened” re-enactments in your time. If you’re my wife, you’ve watched a whole lot more. In either case, you’ll recall that dramatic moment when the determined investigators march into the evidence room and pull the dust-covered, archived box of case... Continue reading
Snapshots and Business Continuity
The third in our series on business continuity for healthcare. by Stephen Trout On the old adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” there seems to be a thousand variations on a theme. Take the Russian writer, Ivan Turgenev: “The drawing shows me at one glance what might be spread over ten pages in... Continue reading