Is Anyone Really ‘HIPAA Compliant’ In Healthcare?

By | September 29, 2014

The short answer is yes ‒ many health related organizations adhere faithfully to both the letter and spirit of the healthcare legislation known as HIPAA. The challenging answer is no ‒ many health related organizations who claim to be “HIPAA Compliant” simply aren’t. The confusing answer is that many organizations that claim to be […]

Source: www.forbes.com

Trend for known breaches is rising and no telling how many unknown. Focus point are those forms that HIPAA introduced for signatures which in fact do not prevent the real sharing of PHI that healthcare can do within the HIPAA framework.