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Compliance:

Head Off Lawsuits With These 6 Data Security Steps

Published on Fri Mar 28, 2014

Don’t skimp on HIPAA training, or you could pay the price. Home care providers are more vulnerable to laptop and mobile device theft than almost anyone else, so they should be doubly sure to protect themselves against the problem. Health insurer AvMed Inc. recently agreed to pay $3 million in a lawsuit involving laptop theft (see related story, this page). [...]
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