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By April Sage on February 6, 2012
Our third most important question to a Business Associate is: What policies and technologies are used to protect my applications and PHI data? Neither HIPAA nor HITECH call for specific technical measures to assure PHI data is available, accurate and secure. However, there are still basic technologies and practices that indicate a culture of security [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged business associates, encryption, health IT, HIPAA audits, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting, HIPAA policies, offsite backup, private firewalls |
By April Sage on January 31, 2012
The subtitle to this blog post should be How Strep Throat Can Lead You to Change Doctors, but there’s a point here about how social media might fill a wide chasm of disconnect between patients and physicians. Maybe I’m sentimental, but I love the stories my dad tells of being a general practitioner making house [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged healthcare, healthcare social media, healthcare social networks, patient care, social media |
By April Sage on January 27, 2012
Following up from last week’s question #1, the second most important question to ask a Business Associate is: Who performed your independent HIPAA audit and do you provide copies of the audit report? This single question quickly reveals Business Associates who take HIPAA compliance seriously. Business Associates who have invested in an independent HIPAA audit [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged business associate agreement, business associates, HIPAA audits, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting |
By April Sage on January 23, 2012
How does your BAA (Business Associate Agreement) address breach notification to your clients? We’re asking ourselves tough questions about HIPAA compliance, and our responsibilities as a trusted Business Associate and hosting partner. #1 What timeframe does your BAA promise clients for PHI breach notification? As a data center hosting partner to hospitals, physician groups, and [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged breach notification, business associates agreement, HIPAA breach, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting |
By April Sage on January 10, 2012
Could budgeting for an independent HIPAA audit be well worth the investment for business associates? In the event of a HIPAA violation, the numbers for federal penalties, legal and security fees and resulting lawsuits add up to a significant sum that has a serious impact on the bottom line. The annual investment is often worth [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged business associates, data breaches, HIPAA audits, HIPAA breaches, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA violations |
By April Sage on December 19, 2011
If you’re in a business that needs to meet Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, you probably know by now that the SAS 70 report expired earlier this year and was replaced with the SSAE 16 attestation. SSAE 16 is a lot like SAS 70, but adds an attestation set forth and signed by a company’s management that confirms [...]
Posted in PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged sarbanes-oxley compliance, sas 70 audit, sas 70 data centers, sas 70 hosting, soc 1 hosting, soc 1 report, soc 2 audit, soc 2 hosting, soc 2 report, sox compliant hosting, ssae 16 audit, ssae 16 data centers |
By April Sage on November 15, 2011
Tweeting about #HIMSS? Join us in the conversation on Online Tech’s Twitter. Day 1: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:15 AM - After a tailgating party last night – complete with games, flatscreens, and great tailgating food, this morning’s early morning jog through downtown Indianapolis got the HIMSS Midwest Conference off to a healthy start. The first play of [...]
Posted in Online Tech News, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged health IT, HIMSS, live blogging, Midwest HIMSS conference, technology conference |
By April Sage on October 8, 2010
While most company CEOs have focus and responsibilities elsewhere, it’s inevitable to think about the “what if” scenario involving IT failures. It would be reassuring to know that the basics of critical IT infrastructure are current and in place – just in case. Here are 5 simple questions that can give you a snapshot of [...]
Posted in Disaster Recovery | Tagged data backup, data center disaster recovery, it disaster recovery, online backup |
By April Sage on September 17, 2010
When you’re choosing a place to colocate your servers, obvious factors like geographic location, redundancy level, and pricing are primary drivers. But don’t forget to ask about the services and features that can make the day-to-day reality of colocating your servers more effective and secure. Sometimes it’s the little things that can make all the [...]
Posted in Michigan Colocation, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged colocation, it disaster recovery, Michigan colocation, offsite backup, SAS 70, sas 70 data center, SAS70 Hosting, ssae 16 |
By April Sage on August 26, 2010
As one of the most recent additions to Online Tech, the differences in company culture from previous businesses remain fresh and notable. Coming from an agency background with a perspective across many industries and business models, it’s not been easy in Michigan to share a lot of good news. Companies have lost budgets, workers have [...]
Posted in Michigan Data Centers | Tagged company culture, customer service, metrics |
