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Your HIPAA P&P Could Avert A Costly Facebook-Sparked Payout

Published on Wed Dec 30, 2015

Will you be on the hook if one of your employees posts PHI on Facebook? It depends on your existing HIPAA policies and procedures, a recent court decision suggests. An Ohio court judge ruled that the University of Cincinnati Medical Center is not liable for a former employee’s HIPAAviolation in divulging a patient’s protected health information on Facebook, according to [...]
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