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Avoid Mistake That Caused Biggest-Ever HIPAA Settlement

Published on Fri Jun 13, 2014

Double-check your system safeguards. If you search your loved one’s name on the internet, the last thing you want to see is his private medical records show up in the search results — but that’s exactly what happened to one stunned New Yorker, spurring a HIPAA investigation that would result in $4.8 million in settlements. A physician who developed apps [...]
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