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HIPAA Security Rule Compliance When Communicating with Patients Using Mobile Devices
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 90 Minutes
Instructor: Jim Sheldon-Dean
Location: Online
Price : $195.00
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Jim Sheldon-Dean Director of Compliance Services, Lewis Creek Systems, LLC
Smart phones and the Internet have changed the way people communicate and introduced new risks into the process. Now patients want to be able to communicate with their health care
Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to health care firms and businesses throughout the Northeast and nationally. Sheldon-Dean’s firm provides a variety of advisory, training, assessment, policy development, project management and mitigation services for a number of health care providers, businesses, universities, small and large hospitals, urban and rural mental health and social service agencies, health insurance plans and health care business associates. He serves on the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup, and co-chairs the WEDI HIPAA Updates sub-workgroup. ...more
providers using these devices, and to be able to access, send, and receive their health information. But communications using mobile devices has some inherent privacy and security risks l
that may put providers out of compliance. Mobile devices present new challenges to health care providers, as there are simultaneously new requirements to share information with patients, and a new enforcement effort to ensure the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI). Meeting both challenges requires careful consideration of all the regulations and technologies, as well as patient preferences and work flow.
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Most HIPAA covered entities now face difficult choices as mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets proliferate and become the standard for personal communications both by providers and their patients. Most organizations haven’t updated their information security risk analysis or policies and procedures and run the risk of breaches, rule violations, and fines in the event of mishandling of PHI using these new
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technologies. With the new HIPAA random audit program now getting under way, and increases in enforcement actions following breaches, now is the time to ensure your organization is in compliance with the regulations and meeting the communication needs and desires of its providers and patients. You need the proper privacy protections for health information, and the necessary documented policies and procedures, as well as
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documentation of any actions taken pursuant to your policies and procedures. Your policies and procedures will probably need major revisions to maintain compliance in areas such as individual access of records, accounting of disclosures, and breach notification. And, of course, you will need to train your staff in all the new policies and procedures.
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Find out the ways that patients want to use their mobile technology to communicate with providers, and the ways providers want to use their mobile technology to enable better patient care. Learn what the risks of using mobile technology are, what can go wrong, and what can result when it does. Find out about HIPAA requirements for access and patient preferences, as well as the requirements to protect PHI. Learn how to use an information security management process to evaluate risks and make decisions about how best to protect PHI and meet patient needs and desires. Find out what policies and procedures you should have in place for dealing with mobile devices and any new technology. Learn about the training and education that must take place to ensure your staff uses mobile devices properly and does not risk exposure of PHI. Find out the steps that must be followed in the event of a breach of PHI. Learn about how the HIPAA audit and enforcement activities are now being increased and what you need to do to survive a
HIPAA audit.
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