It’s HIPAA time!

2018-04-23T23:57:55-05:00December 30th, 2014|Disciplinary Actions, HIPAA, Midwest Medical Legal Advisor, Risk Management|

I thought I'd spend the next few blogs discussing the joy that is HIPAA compliance.  Previously, I blogged about two NMC employees who had been fired after viewing the protected health information of Dr. Richard Sacra, one of the patients treated at the NMC for ebola.  The potential fines and penalties that come with a HIPAA violation likely played a large role in these firings. But let's start from the very [...]