Author: Will Evertsen

Small Practice, Big Target: Why Solo and Group Practices Are Healthcare’s Most Vulnerable Entities

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Small Practice, Big Target: Why Solo and Group Practices Are Healthcare’s Most Vulnerable Entities Will Evertsen Introduction You run a small practice. You see patients, manage a lean staff, keep the lights on, and do your best to stay current on clinical obligations. Cybersecurity, if

HIPAA for the Clinician, Part 1: What You’re Actually Responsible For

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HIPAA for the Clinician, Part 1: What You’re Actually Responsible For Abstract This is the first installment of “HIPAA for the Clinician,” a series dedicated to cutting through the noise around healthcare compliance and giving practitioners a clear-eyed view of what the law

Your EHR Is Not Your Compliance Program

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Your EHR Is Not Your Compliance Program   The call to the EHR vendor’s support line goes something like this: A practice administrator has just received an OCR data request letter and is trying to figure out what documentation they need to produce. Somewhere in the conversation, they ask the support rep

Securing Success: How Cybersecurity Practices Drive Improved Patient Outcomes

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Securing Success: How Cybersecurity Practices Drive Improved Patient Outcomes When considering patient outcomes, one of the things that probably doesn’t come to mind is cybersecurity.  After all, that’s computer stuff, not patient stuff.  Or is it?  Patient outcomes are a critical measure of the effectiveness of medical interventions and the overall

Small Practice, Big Target: Why Solo and Group Practices Are Healthcare’s Most Vulnerable Entities