IT and HIPAA (Level: Intermediate)
About This Event
Overview
This lesson will be going into great detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule. Areas covered will be system auditing, encryption, physical security, IT consulting firms, disaster recovery, web based vs in-house systems, and risk factors as they relate to IT.
In addition I will be covering why you SHOULD be using social networking to promote your practice/business and how to avoid risks there.
Why should attend this webinar ?
Is your IT system HIPAA compliant?
What are factors to consider?
Cloud vs In-house (Pros and Cons)
Picking the right IT group
How are your backups done? Are they secure?
Are you utilizing encryption?
Texting?
Is your practice physically securing its systems?
Are you adequately auditing your system as required by HIPAA?
Do you have an adequate contingency plan in place as required by HIPAA?
Areas Covered in the Session:
Information technology
HIPAA Security Rule
Fines
Business associates
Breach notification
Risk factors
Who can Benefit:
Practice managers
HIPAA Security Official
IT managers and IT Staff
Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc)
MD's and other medical professionals