Compliance Corner

PHNS is committed to the confidentiality and security of our customers’ and their patients’ information. The weekly Compliance Corner Reminders are designed to refresh PHNS employees’ memories about their valuable roles in privacy and security under HIPAA and other federal and state laws.

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10/03/2008
What Turns Data Into "Protected Health Information"
Category: Update

Under the HIPAA rules, "protected health information" ("PHI") is information about the health of an individual, the mental or physical health condition of an individual, or the payment for health services rendered to an individual.

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10/01/2008
Compliance Connection Newsletter - October 2008
Category: Newsletter

A Broad Range of Topics

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09/26/2008
What Would You Do?
Category: Update

What would you do if your laptop containing highly confidential information, such as patient information, has been stolen?

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09/24/2008
Security Quiz
Category: Update

Quiz

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09/18/2008
First Line of Defense
Category: Update

Have you locked your workstation on the way to lunch?

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09/18/2008
Computer Screen Privacy
Category: Update

PHNS uses data encryption, password protection and individual user logins to protect information used in our daily work, but if you computer screen is viewable to others you may be putting that information at risk.

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09/18/2008
Stop! Look! Listen!
Category: Update

Be cautious with conversations concerning patient information.

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09/04/2008
$1.6 Million Paid to Settle Texas Lawsuits Regarding Improper Disposal of Customer Records
Category: Update

On July 16, 2008, The Dallas Morning News reported that RadioShack and Select Medical Corporation of Pennsylvania had agreed to pay the State of Texas $630,00 and $990,000, respectively.

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09/01/2008
Compliance Connection Newsletter - September 2008
Category: Newsletter

Survey Results

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08/28/2008
Destruction of Protected Health Information (PHI)
Category: Update
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