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Hospital Worker “Weaponizes” PHI

Not a week goes by without some compliance-related enforcement action announcement in the news.  The Department of Justice recently announced that a now-former hospital worker pled guilty to wrongfully accessing and distributing her ex-boyfriend’s medical records.  The 41 year-old woman … Read Full Post

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The Basics of HIPAA (Part 4)

In this series on The Basics of HIPAA, we review the definition and meaning of the term Protected Health Information, or PHI. At the end of our conversation, you will see that the penalties for violating HIPAA are pretty severe.  … Read Full Post

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