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HIPAA Helper

HIPAA Helper

Who is Revealing Your Private Medical Information?

11 April 2018
This service from Pro Publica allows a person to search and find out whether your hospital, clinic, pharmacy or health insurer has been named in patient privacy complaints, breaches or violations. This tool includes...
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Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Facebook's efforts to collect personal health information from hospitals

11 April 2018
SUBJECTIVE: In an article reported by CNBC's Christina Farr it is reported that, "Facebook has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized data about their patients, such as...
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Ransomware Fact Sheet

Ransomware Fact Sheet

Guidance from the U.S. Department of Human Services

29 July 2016
From the HHS Ransomware Fact Sheet: A recent U.S. Government interagency report indicates that, on average, there have been 4,000 daily ransomware attacks since early 2016 (a 300% increase over the 1,000 daily...
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Health app developers, what are your questions about HIPAA?

Health app developers, what are your questions about HIPAA?

A resource from the US Office for Civil Rights

7 June 2016
From the OCR website:  We are experiencing an explosion of technology using data about the health of individuals in innovative ways to improve health outcomes. Building privacy and security protections into...
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Health Literacy Online

Health Literacy Online

A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience

18 May 2016
From the Health Literacy Online website: Health Literacy Online is about broadening access to user-friendly health information and services on the web. This research-based guide discusses why and how to design...
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