Tag: HIPAA
Tips for MSPs to protect PHI from hackers
Hackers love personal healthcare information (PHI). Health records contain a trove of highly saleable information that can fetch high prices on the dark web. Enlance Health found that in the past two years alone, over 800 security breaches targeting healthcare...
MSPs must keep up with evolving healthcare regulations
For MSPs with healthcare clients in their portfolio, there is an ever-growing and sometimes onerous list of rules, regulations, and laws that must be followed. Failure to do so can result in reputational ruin, hefty penalties, or both.
Healthcare supply chain increasingly vulnerable
There has been plenty of awareness generated about the vulnerability of healthcare organizations to hackers. Hospitals and biomedical facilities have been ramping up their efforts in fortifying their cyberdefenses.
Empowering clients with HIPAA-compliant WFH policies
For MSPs supporting the myriad businesses under HIPAA’s purview, the pandemic forcibly accelerated work-from-home policies that were, for many, already on the roadmap. Any forward-looking organization had anticipated future expansion of remote work practices. But the pandemic meant implementing such...
Ask an MSP Expert: What are some common HIPAA missteps and how can my MSP avoid them?
Q: My MSP partners with clients that frequently work with sensitive medical data that falls under HIPAA protections. How can my MSP ensure that this data remains protected and that our clients are not subjected to penalties from HIPAA? Despite...
A matter of life and death
We recently looked at medical device security and how MSPs can work in the market. As the IoT grows to include more and more of peoples’ daily lives, it is becoming more important to place some focus on this topic....
MSPs and HIPAA: Navigating the law’s nuances to maximize your value to healthcare organizations
When it comes to the highly complex procedures performed every day in the healthcare field, knowledge and diligence are crucial to positive outcomes. This is just as true in the operating room as it is for healthcare organizations that must...
