on behalf of the Defendants--Appellees was an exception under the
HIPPA Privacy Rule.
The authors also concluded, though, that some new and very capable technology solutions have appeared that can confer a wide range of benefits, including increased productivity and efficiency; labor and space savings; reduced errors in dispensing scripts; improved customer service and satisfaction; greater compliance with
HIPPA, MedGuide and patient counseling provisions; superior solutions for return-to-stock items; and the ability to address storage and accountability of controlled medications.
These units are also blue-tooth enabled allowing easy sharing of data with family members or care givers in a
HIPPA compliant environment.
(2,5) The OCR can resolve
HIPPA violations privately and informally, impose fines of up to $50,000 per violation, or it can file criminal charges against violators.
The students who participated in the pilot enjoyed working through the scenarios, according to Benz; and because they were virtual simulations, the students were able to make mistakes and learn from them without actually breaking
HIPPA laws, breaching patient confidentiality or endangering anybody.
Limited information sharing such as this is contributed to a lack of mutual understanding on how the commander's need-to-know supersedes
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) restrictions.
GroundControl technology is already helping hospitals and medical treatment facilities with shared devices meet
HIPPA privacy requirements, assuring the security of private patient information on facility owned iOS devices used by patients and medical professionals.
"That information makes them part of the federal
HIPPA regulations."
Further, the adoption of MDP is encouraged due to the surfacing of mandate standards related to data security that needs to be adhered with, across various industry verticals such as
HIPPA for healthcare and PCI DSS for BFSI as these solutions comply with certain specific regulations and facilitate secure data access and transfer across mobile devices.