Case Closed: HIPAA and patient privacy

December 13, 2017

This presentation is a case study based on alleged violations of HIPAA privacy rules. The study describes how actions by physicians or their employees led to the allegations, and how risk management techniques may have prevented the violations. The ultimate goal in publishing this study is to help physicians comply with privacy and security standards.

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