All healthcare providers know that HIPAA compliance is vital for protecting their business and avoiding penalties for violations – but why is HIPAA important to patients? Put simply, HIPAA is important…

Is it safe to send medical records by email? It’s an important question. Over the last decade, data breaches in the healthcare industry have increased at a steady rate, with…

Does your business deal with protected health information (PHI) and other health data? If the answer is yes, then your company is subject to HIPAA compliance regulations – meaning a…

Secure messaging is an important HIPAA compliance concern for healthcare organizations. With the huge popularity of standard texting – some 2 trillion text messages are sent each year in the…

Is HIPAA compliant file sharing possible with text messaging apps? It’s an important question.  23 billion text messages are sent each day worldwide – 6 billion of which are in…

For all HIPAA covered entities, file sharing and HIPAA compliance must go hand in hand.  Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, it is the duty of all healthcare…

Unintentional HIPAA violation examples are, unfortunately, numerous. In fact, it is easier to find examples of HIPAA violations that are unintentional than intentional ones. The reason is, of course, that…

Ignorance is not an acceptable excuse for a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violation.  Just like you are still liable if your taillight is busted, whether you knew…

You know that feeling when you watch your Jenga tower start to wobble and lean, and you know it’s going down? Imagine your dental practice is like a tower of…

Encrypted file sharing is one of your essential defences in guarding your patients’ protected health information (PHI) from cyberattacks.  Top-level file encryption (alongside robust internal security awareness and practices) will…