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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:
Customer feedback is important to us
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
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
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
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