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HIPAA's Dirty Dozen: Snooping and 11 Other Ways Your Staff are Putting Your Agency at Risk

Session Category
Patient Privacy Track

When health care providers are asked about their biggest “HIPAA risk,” they typically think of headline-grabbing incidents like a major data breach.  Yet one of the most common HIPAA violations is “snooping,” where your own employees view the medical records of friends, coworkers and even celebrities or prominent citizens you’ve served.  What about the biller who captures digital images of patient records to sell on the black market?  The reality is your staff members, not outside hackers, often pose the greatest risk to your patient data.  In this session, you’ll learn the 12 most common ways your staff members can set you up – intentionally or unintentionally - for a HIPAA violation.  We’ll provide proven techniques to help lessen your core risks in this growing area of privacy violations.