As an IT service company dedicated to assisting small-to-medium-sized businesses with IT solutions, we are often asked about HIPAA rules and how they impact healthcare practices. There are several components that we evaluate for our clients, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards that can keep our clients in compliance with HIPAA legislation. Today, we are…
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How prepared is your business to deal with the aftermath of a data breach? “Sticking your head in the sand” may seem like a tactic you may want to take after client data and your company’s reputation has been hit, but knowing what steps to take can go a long way to resolving the issue…
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When was your last physical? Chances are that you had some blood work done for routine checks like cholesterol, AC1, CBC, and the lab list could go on and on. If your testing was handled by Quest Diagnostics, then you may have been one of the millions of people who had their information compromised. Quest…
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Is your business paperless? Studies completed in 2017 show that only 25% of organizations run a totally paper-free environment. Surprisingly, even with the introduction of technology where documents can be stored, the usage of paper products has actually increased by 126% in the last 20 years. The average office worker continues to use a staggering…
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Nothing is worse than unplanned downtime at work due to a technical issue. We have all experienced it at some point or other in our careers. Murphy’s Law states that these IT help desk problems will occur just when you are in a rush to get a report out or need something done in a…
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In our last blog, we discussed the common HIPAA violations that occur at a rate of once per day in our country according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Today, we are delving deeper into a specific case study that recently made the national news: the Quest Diagnostics data breach. In…
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