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Patient Privacy:

Avoid Brutal HIPAA Fines With These 3 Steps

Published on Mon Nov 10, 2014

Take HITECH lessons to heart and protect your bottom line.  They might look like a barrage of random numbers, but two recent reports about HIPAA breaches actually contain nuggets of wisdom that you can use to protect your patients private health information.  Make sure you apply the following important lessons from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health [...]
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