Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 6
Office Security: Avoid PHI Breaches With Mobile Technology
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Article Overview
This article explains how healthcare practices can reduce the risk of protected health information (PHI) breaches when staff use mobile technology such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops. It summarizes general guidance from the ONC and outlines broad areas of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, including policy development, risk assessment, training, encryption, access controls, and device security practices. It is aimed at providers, office managers, compliance staff, and others responsible for HIPAA-related privacy and security oversight.
Why This Topic Matters
Mobile devices are common in everyday clinical workflows, but they can create privacy and security exposure if not managed carefully. The article helps practices understand the operational areas they should review when building or updating a mobile-device security program.
What You Will Learn
- How mobile device use can affect PHI privacy and security in a healthcare office
- The broad categories of safeguards used to reduce mobile-device-related HIPAA risk
- How practices can organize policies, training, and security controls around mobile technology
- What kinds of mobile device security measures are commonly discussed in ONC-oriented guidance
Who Should Read This
- Physicians and other providers
- Practice managers
- Compliance officers
- Privacy and security officers
- Billing and office administration staff
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