I’ll bet that you disagree with the title of this post. My guess is that 99% of Dentists, Medical Doctors and their staff members would much sooner share their password than their toothbrush! In fact, I bet another lunch at nice restaurant that 90% of you out there regularly share passwords! BAM! Guess what? You’re toast. Someone just compromised your system and has harvested your Protected Health Information (Practice Management…
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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…