Author: Richard Bailey

Becoming HIPAA compliant is a challenging undertaking, as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 together with all of the subsequent amendments and updates form a very complex piece of legislation. There are countless mandatory and recommended safeguards concerning the physical, technical, and administrative securities over Protected Health Information (PHI).

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You may be surprised to learn that there are two types of business associate agreements related to HIPAA compliance. Most healthcare professionals will already know what a BAA consists of, but did you know that there is also a Business Associate Subcontractor Agreement?

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cPanel, one of the most popular Linux-based control panels, simplifies website and server management. This powerful application offers a user-friendly and intuitive platform to create multiple, detailed, and highly secure websites. cPanel is very popular with developers and web designers who are not completely comfortable using the Linux Shell command line.

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Training is a mandatory requirement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules first introduced in 2003. HIPAA requires the continuous training of employees that access or process Protected Health Information (PHI), and this requirement applies to any workforce member of a Covered Entity (CE) or Business Associate (BA). Humans are considered by many experts to be one of the weakest links in the entire security ecosystem; the Ponemon Institute estimates that 23% of all data breaches in 2020 were caused by Human Error.

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