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Ensure You’re Protecting Your Patients’ ePHI

Published on Fri Dec 01, 2023

Question: A coworker in our practice’s front office keeps telling me ePHI isn’t a thing and that I shouldn’t worry about it, but I disagree. Which one of us is right? Kansas Subscriber Answer: You should absolutely prioritize every patient’s protected health information (PHI), regardless of whether the information is on paper or in an electronic format — also known as electronic [...]
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