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Keep Work at Work to Avoid Unauthorized Disclosures

Published on Thu Mar 31, 2022

Question: A provider in our practice informed us that they have been sending patient records to their personal email to review at home. Does this constitute an unauthorized disclosure of protected health information (PHI), and does it pose a security risk? West Virginia Subscriber Answer: Yes, your provider’s actions can constitute an unauthorized disclosure of PHI and pose a security risk. Unauthorized [...]
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