Laptops, Portables and HIPAA Breaches

The adoption of new, portable information technologies is revolutionizing the provision and documentation of health care in America.

Laptops and portable devices are the leading source of breaches of healthcare information, and if all laptops and portable devices either had no PHI on them or had that data properly encrypted, breaches of healthcare information would be more than cut in half.
How you use laptops and portable devices, and the information to be retained on them, must be defined in policies and procedures that are clear, accessible, and easy to understand and apply.
Staff who are using portable devices need to know how to properly use the technologies provided to protect PHI; training in the proper use of laptops and portable technologies needs to be clear, consistent, and properly documented.

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