The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was enacted on February 17, 2009. The purpose of the HITECH act was to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.

Under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) every practice or healthcare organization must designate a privacy officer. Assigning the Privacy officer becomes the first and most important step in becoming HIPAA compliant.

​In this article, we discuss the role and responsibilities of a HIPAA Privacy Officer. 

If you own or work in a medical clinic it’s easy discount yet another warning about HIPAA and security compliance. From personal experience, I know that I get a little blasé’ myself. To confirm, I did some research about recent clinic hacking stories.

While working as a network administrator during the day, I started teaching classes in the evenings at local community colleges because I didn’t want people who were new to technology to go through what I had experienced.
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As a teacher, I found that the fastest way for my students to learn was to start with the basic principles. As a consultant, I found success in much the same way. With a few basic principles, management could start taking control of their technology.

Most companies, non-profits and charities assume they can stay under the radar, when it comes to hacking. The assumption is that their organization is too small to be noticed or worth the effort.

There are too many big targets, so why bother with us?"

​In this article, we discuss the value of a personal medical record in the dark back alleys of the world-wide web.

The compliant HIPAA organization, is it a myth or a reality? In this article, I wanted to cover, at a high level, what you need to know if you manage or own a medical facility. As of December of 2016, there have been over 150,500 HIPAA complaints against medical facilities in the US.  

​With each complaint there are typically a multitude of other violations and patients who are unhappy because they believe regulations were not followed.

HIPAA compliance enforcement and how to avoid mistakes.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law enacted in 1996.  The HIPAA privacy rule is a set of standards to protect the patient health information. 

​The privacy rules were required for medical entities by September of 2004 and their business associates by 2013.