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Continue exploring our HIPAA compliance library with expert articles on Security Rule implementation, risk assessments, and healthcare cybersecurity. One Guy Consulting publishes in-depth guides, compliance checklists, and practical advice for covered entities and business associates navigating HIPAA requirements.
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Cybersecurity Framework for Healthcare Organizations
How to build a cybersecurity program for healthcare using NIST. Covers network safety, endpoint security, and cloud protection.
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Ransomware Protection for Healthcare Organizations
How to protect your healthcare team from ransomware. Covers prevention, backups, response plans, and HIPAA rules.
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Healthcare Data Breach Prevention: Complete Strategy
How to prevent healthcare data breaches. Covers common threats, technical defenses, admin safeguards, and what to do if a breach happens.
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HIPAA Breach Notification Rule Compliance Guide
What the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires. Covers who to notify, the 60-day deadline, the breach risk assessment, records, and state rules.
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How to Respond to a HIPAA Data Breach
What to do after a HIPAA data breach. Step-by-step plan covering containment, investigation, notification, records, and follow-up security fixes.
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HIPAA Training: Implementation Guide
How to build a HIPAA training program that works. Training by role, ways to deliver it, how to track it, and what to keep on file.
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Cloud Storage Compliance for Healthcare Data
Cloud storage and HIPAA can work together. Who owes what, BAAs, encryption, and how AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud fit in.
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Mobile Device Security in Healthcare Settings
How to lock down phones and tablets in a practice. BYOD rules, device management, encryption, remote wipe, and safe Wi-Fi.
Key terms
Key HIPAA terms used in these articles
Plain-language definitions of the terms that appear throughout the blog, each tied to the regulation it comes from.
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Individually identifiable health information held or transmitted by a covered entity or business associate, in any form or medium. 45 CFR 160.103
- Electronic PHI (ePHI)
- PHI that is created, received, maintained, or transmitted in electronic form. 45 CFR 160.103
- Covered Entity
- A health plan, health care clearinghouse, or health care provider that transmits health information electronically. 45 CFR 160.103
- Business Associate
- A person or company that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits PHI on behalf of a covered entity, such as billing, IT, or cloud vendors. 45 CFR 160.103
- Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
- The written contract HIPAA requires between a covered entity and a business associate. 45 CFR 164.502(e), 164.504(e)
- Security Rule
- The standards for protecting ePHI through administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. 45 CFR Part 164, Subpart C
- Security Risk Assessment (SRA)
- The accurate and thorough risk analysis the Security Rule requires you to conduct and document. 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)
- Breach Notification Rule
- After a breach of unsecured PHI, individuals must be notified without unreasonable delay and no later than 60 calendar days after discovery, and HHS must be notified. 45 CFR 164.400 to 164.414