Professional boundaries: Discussing patient cases or sharing experiences on social media can blur the lines between professional and personal boundaries, increasing the risk of HIPAA violations.

Incorporating “augmented care” improves outcomes for patients, but heightens the exposure of hospitals, medical practices, ...

The social media companies that now have access to this data do not have to delete it, even if the data from Cerebral's breach is supposed to be covered under the U.S. health privacy law HIPAA ...

Zubin Damania, who is a doctor and goes by ZDoggMD on social media, uses satire on his YouTube channel to educate viewers and poke fun at the health care system. His more than 488,000 YouTube ...

HIPAA complaints, compliance reviews and breaches, 2017 to 2021 The OCR received more than 34,000 complaints alleging violations of HIPAA in 2021, up 25% from 2020.

Under the HBNR, these companies must notify consumers, the FTC, and prominent media outlets when the breach involves more than 500 people, when data are disclosed or acquired without consumers ...

The breach primarily impacted clinical PHI, including sensitive medical assessments and medication details. At the time, Comstar acted as a business associate for over 70 HIPAA-covered entities ...

A report released on Friday found that HIPAA complaints and breaches spiked between 2017 and 2021, with the agency in charge of handling the notices saying it lacks sufficient resources to ...