The healthcare sector is the backbone of any country and its economy. A healthy workforce is a necessity for any nation’s growth. Therefore, improvement and advancements in healthcare processes are a requirement no country can ignore. Science and technology have contributed substantially to this end. Over the last few decades, the advancement in this field […]
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Mask Mandate
Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, the world is going through a difficult time. The unusually fast communication capacity of the Coronavirus has restricted the lives of people. Since the disease gets easily transferred, the WHO has already given some mandatory guidelines to check the disease’s spread. No matter how restrictive these guidelines may […]
HHS Revises Penalty Table For HIPAA Violations
The health sector is one of the most important sectors in every society that takes care of public health. However, the interest of personal information, as well as financial dealings in this sector, needs to be secured. The government authorities do the same in the US. The organization, HIPAA, also known as Health Insurance Portability […]
HIPAA, HITECH, and Omnibus
Introduction With the perverse adoption of innovative technologies such as cloud computing in the healthcare industry, there was a need for some strict guidelines to monitor and govern organizations that have access to Protected Health Information (ePHI). The HIPAA, HITECH and the Omnibus rules are three words that form the baseline for bringing sanity in […]
Is Your PACS HIPAA & HITECH Compliant
While the integration of technology into the healthcare industry came with a myriad of benefits including scalability, flexibility, easier communication, and cost efficiency, it also brought a plethora of security risks that compromise the safety of patients’ private information and data. Medical images now existing in a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format, […]