Paubox Weekly: Coffee with Jason Gu of Spire Health in San Francisco

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1. Coffee with Jason Gu (Spire Health) in San Francisco

Paubox CEO Hoala Greevy caught up with Jason Gu of Spire Health over coffee in rainy San Francisco.

What was said: Hoala says, "Visiting customers is one of the favorite parts of my job as CEO."

What we learned:

• Jason wants to see Paubox Forms in action
• He'd also like to learn more about our Salesforce CRM integration.

Customer feedback is important to us

2. How to send HIPAA compliant patient forms

Patient forms must be HIPAA compliant to protect sensitive information from exposure.

What's new: With Paubox Forms, healthcare providers can easily create custom forms tailored to their specific needs.

How to ensure patient forms are HIPAA compliant

3. EPIC releases “The State of Privacy” report

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently released a report on the current state of privacy, outlining how current state laws fail to protect citizens.

What happened: EPIC recently evaluated 14 states that have passed consumer privacy laws. None of those 14 states earned an A, and nearly half failed.

Some states earned an F rating

4. Montefiore Medical Center to pay $4.75 million for HIPAA violations

Montefiore Medical Center has settled a malicious insider cybersecurity investigation with the OCR for $4.75 million.

What happened: A probe uncovered that an employee had stolen the electronic protected health information of 12,517 patients, selling it to an identity theft ring.

The OCR found multiple violations

5. Cyberattack shuts down Chicago children’s hospital systems for a week

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago is still working to restore its computer systems over a week after a cyberattack shut down its network.

What was said: HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm told CNN that financially challenged facilities need help investing in technology and security practices “to assist them with keeping up with cyber threats.”

Doctors experienced challenges accessing records

Community links

• Report: Companies are refusing to pay ransoms. Link
• What is spidering? Link
• State attorneys general enforcement of data privacy laws. Link
• How often should HIPAA training be renewed? Link
• Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Recipient 2023: Jada Lee. Link
• Does HIPAA require email archiving? Link
• Paubox Kahikina Scholarship Recipient 2023: Dane Keahi. Link
• HIPAA compliance when conducting research. Link
• Understanding a rainbow table attack. Link
• What are dynamic lists? Link

Good reads from around the web

• AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage, feds clarify to insurers. Link
• Mastodon vulnerability allows hackers to hijack any decentralized account. Link
• HHS finalizes changes to substance use confidentiality regulations. Link
• Five ways disconnected consent is impacting patient experiences. Link
• What are the benefits of predictive analytics in healthcare? Link

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