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What is HIPAA? The Main Rules of HIPAA
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and was signed into law...

Unintentional HIPAA Violations
Whoops! Isn't that a ... *Gasp* .. HIPAA Violation?!?!While we all do our part in being HI...

Communication Platforms and HIPAA Compliance
How to make Popular Communication Platforms HIPAA Compliant The ability to easily communicat...

The 18 PHI Identifiers
The idea of patient privacy goes all the way back to the inception of modern medicine as laid out...

How to Make Office 365 HIPAA Compliant
Microsoft Office365 and HIPAAOffice 365, is arguably the most widely used suite of subscription-b...

How to file a HIPAA Complaint with the OCR
So what do you do when you believe that someone and/or company that is supposedly HIPAA compliant...

Medical Marijuana and HIPAA Compliance
With the medical marijuana industry regularly growing and expanding to new states and cities, it ...

BasicHealth is HIPAA Compliant
Accountable is pleased to announce that BasicHealth has taken the steps and completed all the req...

The History of HIPAA
What is HIPAA Regulation?To understand where HIPAA is moving, you'll first need to understand why...

March OCR Settlements
March OCR SettlementsMarch 2021 is yet another month that represents the OCR’s continued dedicati...

How to Make Top Video Conferencing Tools HIPAA Compliant
Just a year ago, the telehealth industry looked drastically different than it does today. Breakth...

Addressable vs. Required Implementation Standards under HIPAA
Within the HIPAA Security Rule, there are a series of safeguards and standards that all organiza...