Archive for February 7th, 2019

Why HIPAA matters: The toll of privacy breaches and compromised health data

Why HIPAA matters: The toll of privacy breaches and compromised health data

This post, Why HIPAA matters: The toll of privacy breaches and compromised health data, first appeared on https://www.dentistryiq.com. Knowledge is power, and nowadays this is truer than ever. The move to a digital economy has facilitated the explosion of information consumption. Knowledge about customers, patients, and employees has enabled health-care organizations to personalize products and services and make decisions that meet their needs, but perhaps not the needs of their patients. The insights health-care entities have […]

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Physicians report most sharps injuries among health care workers, data shows

Physicians report most sharps injuries among health care workers, data shows

This post, Physicians report most sharps injuries among health care workers, data shows, first appeared on https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com. Physicians have surpassed nurses as the occupational group with the highest percentage of reported sharps injuries, recent data from the International Safety Center shows. Researchers analyzed 2016 surveillance data from hospitals that voluntarily participate in ISC’s Exposure Prevention Information Network, a service that tracks occupational exposures in the health care industry. They found that 34.2 percent of workers […]

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Wyoming Seeks to Repeal Hospital Privacy Regulation for HIPAA Clarity

Wyoming Seeks to Repeal Hospital Privacy Regulation for HIPAA Clarity

This post, Wyoming Seeks to Repeal Hospital Privacy Regulation for HIPAA Clarity, first appeared on https://healthitsecurity.com. Wyoming state senators recently proposed a bill that would clarify regulations around patient privacy in the state. Introduced on Tuesday, the legislation would repeal the state’s Hospital Records Act of 1991, which was designed to protect patient privacy rights in regards their medical records. The state law sought to provide patients with protections that federal laws did not cover, as […]

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