The new guidelines for HIPAA compliance are complex and include enforcement that all providers must understand and practice in order to remain compliant. Providers must raise their awareness of privacy protection and doing so means taking all precautions necessary to prepare for potential breaches before they occur.
Your reputation is at stake: one stolen unencrypted laptop containing protected health information (PHI) constitutes a breach, forcing you to publically disclose the breach to patients, potentially on your website, and the mass media.
“If providers take steps to properly encrypt desktops and laptops they may be able to take advantage of the ‘safe harbor’ provision within the regulation.” – Dan Jackson, Senior Security Engineer, VCPI
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