Tag: HIPAA compliance

Disabled Firewalls, Lack of Log Monitoring & Risk Analysis Lead to HIPAA Data Breach

The latest HIPAA data breach case resulting in Dept. of Health and Human Services fines involves disabled server firewall protections that left the ePHI (electronic protected health information) of 17,500 patients vulnerable for at least 10 months. According to the … Continue reading

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June 2-8: Celebrate D.C. Health Data & Innovation Week

Celebrating health IT innovation and entrepreneurship, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has declared June 2-8 as D.C. Health Data & Innovation Week. In the very official-looking proclamation, the week’s events are intended to “encourage innovators to utilize health data to develop … Continue reading

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A Quick Tech Tutorial: Two-Factor Authentication

Two-factor authentication is a best practice to fulfill authorization and authentication requirements for HIPAA compliance or PCI DSS compliance and can protect your data and business.  To gain a better understanding, Online Tech’s Technical Team shares this quick tech tutorial … Continue reading

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HIPAA Security Checklist for Healthcare Organizations

According to HITRUSTAlliance.net’s report on U.S. healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, A Look Back: U.S. Healthcare Data Breach Trends, the leading cause of breaches involved theft (54 percent) and the leading sources of breached PHI (protected health … Continue reading

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Upcoming Webinar: The Affordable Way to Maintain Security and Compliance with Two-Factor Authentication

Stolen credentials? Hacked social network accounts? Not with two-factor authentication! Learn more about how to protect your company and data with a simple security service. Join Dug Song, CEO of Duo Security and Jason Yaeger, Director of Operations/Risk Management & … Continue reading

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Indiana HIMSS Spring Conference: Health Reform and Future of Public Health

Online Tech exhibited HIPAA hosting solutions at booth #9 at the Indiana HIMSS Spring Conference hosted in Carmel, Indiana. The conference theme centered around Innovation in HIT (Health Information Technology). Impact of Health Reform Seema Verma, SVC Consulting, Indiana Health … Continue reading

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Indiana HIMSS Spring Conference: Innovations in HIT (Health Information Technology)

Online Tech exhibited HIPAA hosting solutions at booth #9 at the Indiana HIMSS Spring Conference hosted in Carmel, Indiana yesterday. The conference theme centered around Innovation in HIT (Health Information Technology). Keynote Address: Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD Vice President, … Continue reading

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Celebrate Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week!

Everybody put your party hats on, it’s time to celebrate! May 5-11 is Corporate Compliance and Ethics week, which means it’s the perfect time for taking stock of your business and finding some great ways to make compliance a culture … Continue reading

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Utah Healthcare Data Breach Costs the State $9 Million

Last March, the Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) was hacked and 280,000 individuals had their Social Security numbers compromised. A year later, a report is released revealing that the state has spent about $9 million total on remediation – … Continue reading

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2013 HCCA: The Evolving Congressional Landscape

Online Tech is exhibiting HIPAA hosting solutions at booth #919 at the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)’s 17th Annual Compliance Institute Conference April 21-24 in National Harbor, MD. The conference draws in healthcare compliance professionals, risk managers, privacy officers, healthcare … Continue reading

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