Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Start the spring thaw with these education opportunities coming in March and April.
March 2 (1:00 PM EST): "Wireless Security, Telecommuting and E-Mail" (Quick Compliance; HIPAA Security Roundtable) .
March 3 - 4 in Washington, DC: NCVHS Full Committee Meeting (National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics)ncvhs.hhs.gov.
March 6 - 8 in San Francisco: "HIT Summit West" (HIT) .
March 9 - 11 in Washington, DC: "IAPP National Summit" (International Association of Privacy Professionals) .
March 10 in Baltimore: "Improving Your HIPAA & OIG Compliance Plans: Preparing To Comply With The New HIPAA Security Standards" (OPEN MINDS) .
March 14 in Washington, DC: "Turning Theory Into Practice: The Next Steps for E-HIM" (AHIMA) .
March 28 - 31 in Houston: "4-Day HIPAA Security Training (CHP & CHSS)" (HIPAA Academy).
March 30 (1:00 PM EST): "Last-Minute Readiness Check" (Quick Compliance; HIPAA Security Roundtable) .
April 6 - 8 in Baltimore: "Tenth National HIPAA Summit" (HIPAA Summit).
April 17 - 20 in New Orleans: "2005 Compliance Institute" (Health Care Comp-liance Association) .
Health Information Compliance Alert
- Security:
5 Building Blocks to Construct a Secure Password Policy
Use these elements to keep your passwords - and your patients' PHI - out of [...] - Compliance Strategies:
How to Help Your Business Associates Protect PHI
Remember: You don't have to police your associates
You don't have to bend over backwards to [...] - Conferences:
Conference Calendar Corner
Start the spring thaw with these education opportunities coming in March and April.
March 2 (1:00 [...] - Compliance Tips:
Take These Steps To Steer Visitors Away From PHI
You can open your organization to visitors - here's how
Whether you allow anyone to look [...] - Sample Document:
Get Your Vendors on the Bandwagon With This Form
Not all your organization's guests are visiting for personal reasons. Some are trying to sell [...] - Reader Questions:
Don't Deny Access to Your Deceased Patients' PHI
Question: The family of a recently deceased patient wants access to the patient's entire medical [...] - Reader Questions:
Put Your Grand Opening In the Public Eye
Question: Our doctors are opening a new location on the other side of our city. [...] - Reader Questions:
One Key to Facility Security: Keys
Question: We want to use the same locks on all our facility's interior doors. The [...] - Health Information News
CHICAGO HOSPITAL HUSTLES TO PROTECT PATIENTS' IDs
Officials of the University of Chicago Hospitals are scrambling [...]
