Privacy and Security Concerns from your Patients’ perspective When I visit my Dentist, I’m focused about whether or not I’ll feel any pain, and how long will it take for my mouth to return to normal from the hot, cold and percussion sensitive tooth that was treated? Ok, I’m an anomaly, it takes forever… but I digress. As a consumer and private person, I am very interested in the privacy…
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Breach as defined by HHS
From the HHS.gov website: Definition of Breach A breach is, generally, an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of the protected health information. An impermissible use or disclosure of protected health information is presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity or business associate, as applicable, demonstrates that there is a low probability that the protected health information has been…