Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2013-08-08 Thread Adam Greene
Thanks Rick! Will re-post to that list. I appreciate it. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 5:57 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] HIPAA Adam, The attorney's se

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2013-08-08 Thread Rick Harnish
org] On Behalf Of Adam Greene Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 5:47 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] HIPAA Hi guys, I understand the Dept of Health and Human Services has published final HIPAA guidelines which go into effect as of 9/23/13, and that the scope of liability

[WISPA] HIPAA

2013-08-08 Thread Adam Greene
Hi guys, I understand the Dept of Health and Human Services has published final HIPAA guidelines which go into effect as of 9/23/13, and that the scope of liability of service providers, as well as fines, have increased substantially. For example, this article caught my attention: http://www.wi

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA Problem Gets Worse

2006-12-01 Thread Pete Davis
The local hospital in town, that is also the employer of my two partners, has a Cisco wireless system in place, and has had since before we were in business. SSID is turned on, DHCP is turned off, and encryption is turned on. (WEP 128bit I think) Recently, they went through an audit by an indepe

[WISPA] HIPAA Problem Gets Worse

2006-12-01 Thread John Scrivner
I need your help! It looks like I am going to have to go over the head of the IT guy at the area hospitals. According to the person I am speaking with I cannot even get a phone call returned from him to talk about the issues regarding wireless broadband delivery and HIPAA. The say flat out no u

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-30 Thread John Scrivner
I thought this was offlist. All apologies. Scriv John Scrivner wrote: If I get a sit-down with the HIPAA compliance officer for the hospital here I am going to need to get someone else on the phone with them who is knowledgeable about HIPAA compliance who can help me sell the idea that wirel

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-30 Thread John Scrivner
If I get a sit-down with the HIPAA compliance officer for the hospital here I am going to need to get someone else on the phone with them who is knowledgeable about HIPAA compliance who can help me sell the idea that wireless can be used in HIPAA compliant data transmission systems. Would yo be

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-29 Thread Tom DeReggi
nd - Original Message - From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] HIPAA A HIPAA consultant was at my luncheon yesterday. He pulled all this info for you: pulled a couple thi

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-29 Thread Mark Nash - Lists
-5599 fax - Original Message - From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] HIPAA > A HIPAA consultant was at my luncheon yesterday. He pulled all this info > for you: > >

Re: [WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-29 Thread Peter R.
A HIPAA consultant was at my luncheon yesterday. He pulled all this info for you: pulled a couple things below as background as well as the actual regulation. The one that pertains to this discussion is the last paragraph below. There is no strict rule as to how to secure and in actual fact,

[WISPA] HIPAA

2006-11-27 Thread Peter R.
Here's a good article on SIM and data security vis a vis reg compliance: Legal Drivers, Cost Implications For Information Security http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20061114LegalDriversCostImplicationsforInformationSecurity.html -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Sub