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Paying for Healthcare with Bitcoin?
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Resources, Security

Paying for Healthcare with Bitcoin?

Not long ago we covered the emergence of blockchain technology and its potential to change the healthcare industry with its superior patient-centered, data management capabilities. What we didn’t mention then is how bitcoin – the web-based virtual currency that utilizes a blockchain, database technology to track transactions – is slowly making inroads into healthcare as... Continue reading
Managed Security Services – Can you afford NOT to have them?
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Resources, Security

Managed Security Services – Can you afford NOT to have them?

Network uptime – your patients depend on it. As cloud-based technology increasingly becomes the preferred means by which companies conduct business, not having the right services in place to protect against unexpected downtimes – whether from hardware/software failures or security compromises – can spell disaster. As the recent Amazon S3 outage proves, catastrophic infrastructure failures... Continue reading
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Resources, Security

Protected Health Information – What, When, Where, Why

Protected Health Information must be encrypted according to HIPAA $164.312 Technical safeguards. At first glance this seems obvious even to a casual observer. PHI data must be encrypted because it contains the private health records of a patient, and this private information must be carefully safeguarded. It’s easy to understand that the confidential data must... Continue reading