Three reasons to care about HIPAA compliance

3Three reasons to care about

HIPAA compliance

Why should you care about

HIPAA compliance

3Reasons

A data breach is expensive!

1

A May 2015 Ponemon Institute report showed the average cost per

stolen record reaching as high as $363 for a

healthcare organization.

Multiply that by 10,000 records and

a data breach could cost $3.6 million in addition to the financial losses tied to productivity, notification

and lost business.

Nearly of healthcare professionals have been

part of some sort of security violation recently.

2

A data breach within the past

three years

Personally sending or receiving unsecure

texts or voice messages within the past year

The HIPAA Security Rule is technology neutral. It doesn't matter what device

you use, all forms of electronic protected health information

(ePHI) must be secure.

3

All day, every day, clinicians communicate in different

ways. Fragmented processes and technology make it

challenging to be compliant.

Steps to HIPAA

compliance

Establish appropriate safeguards to ensure the privacy and security of all ePHI transmitted through every device, everywhere.

Implement technology and processes

to support clear, consistent and secure

communications...

...to create a patient care environment that fosters positive quality outcomes and patient

and clinician satisfaction.

Want to dive deeper? Read our 4-step plan for HIPAA-compliant

electronic communications

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