Practice Management Nuggets

Subscribe: itunes | Email |  Stitcher | RadioPlayer When was the last time that you reviewed your access logs in your healthcare practice? In our policies, procedures, risk assessments, and privacy impact assessment submissions, we indicate the reasonable safeguards that we expect to implement in our practices to protect the privacy and security of health information. But policies and good intentions alone isn’t enough. We also need to take action on our policies. Custodians have an obligation to ensure reasonable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of health information. This means having appropriate policies and procedures in place and demonstrate and document that you have implemented your plans. In this podcast episode, Jean L. Eaton answers frequently asked questions (FAQ) about using audit logs of your computer and your Electronic Medical Record (EMR) / Electronic Health Record (EHR) to improve security in your healthcare practice. Improve Privacy and Security In Your Healthcare Practice