Briefings on HIPAA

Our 12-page monthly newsletter, Briefings on HIPAA, has been reporting on HIPAA longer than any other publication. While other publishers require you to buy separate subscriptions to get your news, analysis, and training advice, Briefings on HIPAA provides all of these—from lawyers and experts in the field.

Check out the stories in the latest edition of Briefings on HIPAA:

• The meaning of meaningful use and its future. HHS will review the recommendations and release a proposed rule by the end of the year.
• Revisit your sanctions policy with HITECH Act in mind. Review, or even rewrite, your policy if you think it’s outdated, says Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC, CCP, HIPAA privacy and security officer at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS.
• Q&A: Radiology images, contact with patient’s father, faxing pathology reports, and more. If a patient asks our radiology department for a CD of his study images for his or her use, must the department give it to him or her?
• INFOSweep service helps ensure PHI destruction on copiers. The service should be of interest to covered entities and business associates that require secure secure destruction of PHI when their copier hardware is no longer in service, will be sold, or will be used for non-PHI purposes.
• Minnesota health system trains staff members and tracks participation success via an online system. Colleagues John Jensen and Ross T. Janssen, Esq., CISSP, knew they needed a training system that helped employees learn the HIPAA rules as soon as they became effective.

Briefings on HIPAA was created exclusively for healthcare professionals who deal with patient confidentiality and data security issues.

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