Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 FYI... C Simpson HIPAA Medical Record Security Alert: Minimize Your Exposure to Costly Noncompliance Penalties NAPLES, FL (Medical Newswire) Compliance with HIPAA’s medical record security rule can be tricky, and penalties for noncompliance will be severe. Your practice needs stringent procedures to protect patient information under the new federal security standards. How safe are your records? How safe should they be? Find out by attending a critical 90-minute audio seminar. The Murer Group will combine their experience and talents to teach practices whom and what the security rule will cover and when it will take effect at Eli Research’s audio seminar “Ensuring HIPAA Medical Record Security Compliance.†This audio seminar will take place on Thursday, September 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. Cherilyn Murer is president and CEO of the Murer Group. She has long been an active voice in the advancement of quality, cost-effective healthcare and has spoken at many educational conferences. Murer, executive vice president and general counsel for Murer Consultants Inc., is an expert on interfacing healthcare management with the changing regulatory environment. Lyndean Lenhoff Brick is the senior vice president, and Levine is a consultant and senior editor for Murer publications. Attendees will learn what administrative procedures are necessary to protect medical record confidentiality, discover what physical safeguards may be necessary in your practice, such as appointing a security officer, limiting access to medical records, improving workstation security, and providing staff awareness training, and gain an understanding of technical security controls including encryption, automatic logoff and passwords. In addition, attendees will receive tips on assessing your practice’s medical record security in the following areas: certification, internal audit requirements, control of access to records, chain of trust partner agreements, personnel, hardware and software security, internal reporting, security management, staff training, employee termination procedures, and much more. For information about registration and pricing, call 800-508-2582 or visit: * http://codinginstitute.com/offer/727 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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