Ever feel like your efforts to avoid compliance liability just turned into a game of hot potato? Is it a vendor responsibility (business associate or other third party) or yours? Consider cloud service providers (CSPs) as an example. Maintaining HIPAA compliance brings unique challenges to anyone working in or with the cloud. Don’t assume your … Read more
A few days ago, after making multiple attempts on behalf of a client to verify and clarify how join.me supports HIPAA compliance, specifically participating in Business Associate Agreements, I found that they do not. In fact, they do not consider themselves subject to HIPAA regulations, regardless of the possibility of PHI being stored on the … Read more
In a recent LinkedIn discussion between colleagues in our HIPAA Survival Guide group, a member posed an interesting question that probably doesn’t usually garner much attention in the general scheme of things when upgrading technology: If a company is a HIPAA Covered Entity and is migrating to Microsoft Office 365 (which is a cloud-based solution) … Read more
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