Maria Clark

March 18, 2021

Compliance

How Do Nurses Ensure Patient Confidentiality is Maintained?

Maria Clark

March 18, 2021

Compliance

How Do Nurses Ensure Patient Confidentiality is Maintained?

Nurses need to do everything they can to ensure they maintain patient confidentiality. This helps prevent accidental violations, even ones that may go under the radar.

Matt Moneypenny

March 16, 2021

Compliance

Bad Blood: Can a Family Member Violate HIPAA?

Matt Moneypenny

March 16, 2021

Compliance

Bad Blood: Can a Family Member Violate HIPAA?

Since HIPAA leaves a lot of room for interpretation, we’re left with asking questions that may seem to have an obvious answer but require deep explanation. One of those common questions is, “Can a family member violate HIPAA?”

Maria Clark

March 11, 2021

Patient Engagement, Compliance

Inappropriate Use of Social Media in Healthcare

Maria Clark

March 11, 2021

Patient Engagement, Compliance

Inappropriate Use of Social Media in Healthcare

Unfortunately, not everyone follows suitable behavior on social media platforms. This could be at work, online when communicating with patients, or even on personal accounts outside of the workplace. Here are situations of inappropriate use of social media in healthcare that your practice needs to avoid.

Matt Moneypenny

March 9, 2021

Compliance

How to Get HIPAA Certification: Declassified

Matt Moneypenny

March 9, 2021

Compliance

How to Get HIPAA Certification: Declassified

Providing a training program to your employees that gives them an official certificate upon completion helps your compliance environment tremendously. The only question that remains is, how do you get an official HIPAA certification?

Maria Clark

March 4, 2021

Compliance

9 Examples of Squeaky Clean Desk Policy Posters

Maria Clark

March 4, 2021

Compliance

9 Examples of Squeaky Clean Desk Policy Posters

As a HIPAA-compliant organization, you know the importance of a clean desk policy. But it’s not uncommon for your employees to forget or not prioritize this rule. Here are nine clean desk policy posters for inspiration. We even included four that you can use yourself.

Matt Moneypenny

February 23, 2021

Compliance

How to Protect Patient Health Information in The Workplace Instantly

Matt Moneypenny

February 23, 2021

Compliance

How to Protect Patient Health Information in The Workplace Instantly

There are simple processes, policies and physical items you could implement in your office that would have an instant, positive impact on your compliance environment.

Matt Moneypenny

February 2, 2021

Compliance

The Complete List of Benefits of a Clean Desk Policy

Matt Moneypenny

February 2, 2021

Compliance

The Complete List of Benefits of a Clean Desk Policy

Here is the complete list of benefits that come as the result of enforcing your employees to have a clean desk.

Matt Moneypenny

January 26, 2021

Compliance

What are The Consequences of Accessing a Patient Chart Without a Reason? Answered.

Matt Moneypenny

January 26, 2021

Compliance

What are The Consequences of Accessing a Patient Chart Without a Reason? Answered.

Out of all of the different ways HIPAA violations occur, accessing information by unauthorized individuals is one of the most common. But, what exactly are the consequences of accessing a patient chart without a valid reason?

Matt Moneypenny

January 12, 2021

Compliance

Burning Question: Can You Get a Job After a HIPAA Violation?

Matt Moneypenny

January 12, 2021

Compliance

Burning Question: Can You Get a Job After a HIPAA Violation?

There are thousands of blog posts discussing what happens to an organization when a HIPAA violation happens. This one discusses what happens to the employee that committed it.

Matt Moneypenny

December 28, 2020

Compliance

Compliance Training for Healthcare: How to Succeed

Matt Moneypenny

December 28, 2020

Compliance

We’ve all sat in on bad training sessions before, especially if they’re compliance-related. But what does a program look like for healthcare entities?