The personal injury sector within the American legal industry is as busy as it is vital. More than 400,000 personal injury claims are made every year, and legal firms that deal with them are expected to uphold the highest standards of client confidentiality and data security. According to a 2020 survey, 29% of firms had encountered a security breach. With
Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can seem daunting, especially if your business is just starting in the healthcare industry. Patient data and privacy regulations are necessary for a cybersecurity framework that satisfies national standards. Despite the complexity, HIPAA compliance is not difficult to achieve. Seven steps can help you on your HIPAA journey. But first,
HIPAA Compliance and Beyond: Protecting Your Company from Audits Audits. Typically, they’re the last thing your business needs. You work hard, you put everything you can into your business, yet an audit could cause massive headaches. Thousands of dollars (at best). So much lost time. To say nothing of the stress. When it comes to audits, you want to avoid
HIPAA Compliance and Beyond: Protecting Your Company from Audits Audits. Typically, they’re the last thing your business needs. You work hard, you put everything you can into your business, yet an audit could cause massive headaches. Thousands of dollars (at best). So much lost time. To say nothing of the stress. When it comes to audits, you want to avoid
The handling of personally identifiable medical information is a very delicate subject matter. After all, one wrong step and this information could end up in the hands of people who mean ill. In order to protect patients from the misuse of their personal information, particularly in the digital age, the United States Congress enacted HIPAA back in 1996. This introduced
