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Preparing for the New Abnormal: Documenting HIPAA Compliance During COVID-19

What happens after the pandemic? In hindsight, will patients, regulators, and the public be forgiving of privacy decisions made by embattled healthcare organizations? How can healthcare providers protect themselves, in case communal memory proves short?

To Streamline Workflow, Remote Privacy Teams Focus on the Fundamentals

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced most privacy teams to disperse. The sudden shift to a remote workforce has also forced privacy professionals to rethink how they work and find leaner, better ways to get the job done.

Privacy vs. Public Health: Compliance and Reporting During COVID-19

Addressing questions on OCR announcements regarding the release of health information to first responders and privacy requirements in community-based COVID testing sites.

Understanding HIPAA Compliance During Coronavirus

How has coronavirus changed the rules for HIPAA compliance? A Q&A with Adam Greene and Richard Chapman from The Privacy Collective.

HIPAA Business Associates Amid the Coronavirus: A Survival Guide

Before the coronavirus pandemic shut much of the world down, HIPAA required covered entities to have an agreement with their business associates (BAs) to safeguard protected health information (PHI). COVID-19 changed that.

Successful Privacy Protection is Powered by Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration on privacy issues is challenging at the best of times, and even more so now, as the coronavirus pandemic has workforces scattered, from essential operations centers to home offices.