{"id":5677,"date":"2013-04-03T19:40:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T23:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2013-04-03T19:40:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T23:40:27","slug":"what-to-do-after-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/what-to-do-after-security-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Been a Security Breach: What Does Your Practice Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, medical data security breaches are a larger part of practicing medicine than they should be. In the 2013 HIMSS Leadership Survey<\/a>, 19% of health IT professionals from provider organizations indicated their organization faced a security breach<\/strong> within the past year.<\/p>\n

Implementing practices to avoid a medical data breach<\/a> greatly reduces the risk of encountering one. In the event that you do, however, you need to be prepared to take action that lessens the repercussions from patients, the public, and of course, HIPAA.<\/p>\n

Today we look at the fictional security breach of Dr. Pepper\u2019s practice and what he did to minimize the damage.<\/p>\n

One sunny Friday morning, Dr. Pepper is on the way to his practice when he receives a call from his office manager.\u00a0 She tells him the practice was broken into, and a computer holding unencrypted patient data is missing. Dr. Pepper is shaken and about to blow his cap.<\/p>\n

He knows about the maximum fine of $50,000 for HIPAA security violations<\/strong>, so he\u2019s feeling the pressure. Fortunately, he remembers his practice\u2019s procedure manual<\/a> contains a quick checklist of what to do in case of a security breach. It reads:<\/p>\n