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Understanding the Legal Risks of Remote, Traveling and Telehealth Hires

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This includes the all-important step of background screening,” says Riley Beam , Managing Attorney at Douglas R. Remote work offers flexibility and a bigger labor pool for healthcare providers, but organizations must monitor information security, especially regarding patient confidentiality and potential HIPAA violations.

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Navigating PII, PHI, HIPAA and COVID Workforce Vaccination & Testing Requirements

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With the new executive mandate enforcing COVID-19 workforce vaccination and testing requirements for many businesses across the US, how can you ensure compliance while also navigating PHI, PII, and HIPAA requirements? This is only important if your organization is in an industry that is covered by HIPAA privacy and security rules.

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The Top Three Healthcare Compliance Challenges of 2022

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This has meant some facilities have had to handle sensitive information online through servers that were at times unprotected. . Conducting Ethical and Compliant Background Screenings. However, there needs to be a better system for executing these checks, especially as the pandemic has caused labor shortages and created new rules.

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PreCheck Product Highlight: Immunization Tracking

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In this PreCheck Product Highlight, we’ll review key tools to consider when screening your workforce, as well as the top benefits and features available with PreCheck. Healthcare organizations should utilize an immunization tracking program that requires documentation of required vaccines, rather than a self-reporting system.

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Top 3 Healthcare Compliance Challenges of 2022

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This has meant some facilities have had to handle sensitive information online through servers that were at times unprotected. . Conducting Ethical and Compliant Background Screenings. Conducting Ethical and Compliant Background Screenings. A comprehensive, healthcare-oriented background screening partner can help.

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3 Takeaways from the 2018 ASHHRA Conference

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While HIPAA makes the exchange of digital information challenging, it also offers an opportunity to make the experience better for patients. Under HIPAA, there’s actually a right for consumers to access their health information in an electronic and readily producible format,” Chopra explained. Bryan-Barajas.jpg.

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Ten Essentials for Creating an HR Risk Register

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Moreover, the onboarding process will also get streamlined, eliminating issues in the screening process, contract issues, and biases in recruiting employees. The United States does not currently have any law that solely focuses on data privacy , but multiple organizations do require it, such as HIPAA, FCRA, FERPA, and others.