Robert Felps, Author at Third Rock

Avoid the HIPAA Wall of Shame

by Robert Felps | May 19, 2016 | Compliance & Security

There are several things a healthcare covered entity or business associate needs to do to avoid HIPAA fines and the possibility of being listed on the wall of shame, but the immediate need is to perform a thorough risk assessment. And that usually means having a third...

OCR Levies fine for lack of business associate agreements

by Robert Felps | May 12, 2016 | Compliance & Security

$1.55 million settlement and remediation According to the HHS Office of Civil Rights, North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota failed to complete a security risk assessment or risk analysis nor did it have compliant business associate agreements. The OCR considers...

Protecting Patient Health Information

by Robert Felps | May 10, 2016 | Compliance & Security, Cyber Security

The Meaningful Use advisers at the North Texas Regional Extension Center have a lot of experience working with physicians and Patrick Casey makes some good points about the need to protect patient health information. Protected Health Information (PHI) is a hot...

Focus on Security: Backups – The Ultimate Cyber-Security Weapon

by Robert Felps | May 5, 2016 | Compliance & Security, Compliance Technology, Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery (BCDR)

Backups, we all believe and trust they are being performed regularly and will work if we ever need to restore our business after a natural disaster, malicious attack or cyber-attack, such as ransom-ware. The reality is backups are not historically reliable and...

Focus on Technology: ePHI Encryption

by Robert Felps | May 5, 2016 | Compliance & Security, Compliance Technology, Cyber Security

Five years ago encryption was not common, nor cheap. Today, it’s everywhere and inexpensive to implement. Yet, healthcare still considers it a nuisance, ignores it or assumes their EHR or patient management software provides complete encryption. Consider the...

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