Wiki HIPAA Breach Help

[marianne202]

Hi All,

So, I'm working on a HIPAA project and I'm trying to include unusual HIPAA breach scenarios or stories - things that you might not immediately think of as a possible breach. If you know of any unusual scenarios please email me or post here along with any investigation or outcome information.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

 

[mitchellde]

Letting employees access Facebook on the office computers is a huge risk. Facebook or Twitter or others like this are extremely easy for hackers to access your other information thru.

 

[JudyW]

Physician's using there cell phone and texting everything. Not good. Not checking fax number before sending fax with PHI. Make use your BAA are up to date over 30% of PHI breached have involved a Business Associate from 2009-2014. Remember there has been over 120,221 HIPAA complaints as of 9/11/2015. Don't forget USB drives and staff working from home are all risk areas. example of breach: 9/2015 Excellus Health Plan Breach due to hacking reported 10M records breached. Hack dates back to 2013, was discovered in August 2015. FBI now involved.