Health Information Compliance Alert
CONFERENCES
Conference Calendar Corner October 8 in Wisconsin: "It's Not Over Yet ... Law Enforcement" (HIPAA COW) www.hipaacow.org/Events/Fall2004.aspx. October 27 - 29 in New Orleans: "Privacy & Data Security Academy" (IAPP) http://privacyassociation.org.
Don't miss out on any of the informative HIPAA conferences taking place in October:
October 3 - 6 in San Francisco: "MGMA Annual Conference" (MGMA) www.mgma.com/education/annconf.
October 7 - 8 in San Fransisco: "Physician Practices Compliance Conference" (HCCA)
www.hcca-info.org/eseries/StaticContent/PhysGroup04sm.pdf.
October 9 - 14 in Washington, DC: "14th Congress of International Federation of Health Records Organizations" (AHIMA) www.ahima.org/convention/2004/index.asp.
October 11 (3 - 4 PM EST) and Oct. 14
(1 - 2 PM EST) "HIPAA Security's 'Fear-some Four' - Audits, Activity Review, Risk Planning and Disaster Recovery" (HIPA Advisory) www.hipaadvisory.com/ezcart/myProducts.cfm?CategoryID=3.
October 20 - 23 in Washington, DC: "The Health Information Technology Summit" (eHealth Initiative, Medical Education Collaborative and HealthCare Conference Administrators)
www.hitsummit.com.
COMING IN NOVEMBER:
November 8 - 11 in Orlando, FL: "HCCA Compliance Academy"
www.hcca-info.org/eseries/StaticContent/nov04broch.pdf.
November 15 - 18 in Atlanta: "5th National WEDI SNIP Summit" (WEDI)
www.wedi.org/public/calendar/index.cfm.
Health Information Compliance Alert
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Even [...] - SAMPLE POLICY:
PUT THE BRAKES ON SECURITY BREACHES WITH A WORKSTATION SECURITY POLICY
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THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE PATIENTS' CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTS
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The privacy rule mandates that you [...] - SAMPLE FORM:
USE THIS TOOL TO KEEP TRACK OF PATIENTS' CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTS
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READER QUESTIONS ANSWERED
SHOW OFF YOUR NEW NOTICE
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YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE PRIVACY RIGHTS, TOO
If you demand that your employees explain their health conditions [...]
