What Is a Business Associate? Last week I received the following question from Christina: What makes a Business Associate qualify for Business Associate Agreement (BAA)? These days most health care providers and health plans do not carry out all of their health care activities and functions by themselves. Instead, they often use the services of […]
Mobile Health Apps Security – Before You Download & Use Here are some safety tips to practice when you download your first or next mobile health app: 1. Research mobile health app (software programs that perform one or more specific functions) before you download and install any of them. Recommendation: Use known app websites or […]
Does your doctor keep your Protected Health Information (PHI) Safe & Secure? Today, I visited my local dentist office for a new patient consultation and to interview them before choosing them as my Covered Entity (CE). After examining the waiting room and completing the necessary paperwork, I was called into the treatment room. During my […]
Protected Health Information The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects most “individually identifiable health information” held or transmitted or maintained in any form or medium by a Covered Entity (CE) or its Business Associate (BA), in any form or medium, whether electronic, on paper, or oral. The Privacy Rule calls this information Protected Health Information (PHI) 1 . PHI […]