Hey lawyer friends! It’s time to talk about time again. It’s Summer. That means we have elongated days of sunshine and warm nights where we actually leave the office and the house to socialize. Right now you may be open to hearing tips of how to expand your experience of time that you are absolutely… Read more »
Yup – you do! I have heard from a lot of healthcare teams recently that they have been struggling with vacation, sick days, leaves of absence and unexpected departures from the Privacy Office. When you rely on one person in your organization to deal with all the privacy issues, you can feel vulnerable when that… Read more »
I recently witnessed a dispute within my faith community. One congregant was accused of violent and highly inappropriate activity. The synagogue struggled to respond. Things escalated. People took sides. Positions became entrenched. There was a mixture of genuine concern, mythology, innuendo, hyperbole, valid issues to be addressed and unsubstantiated issues that needed to be cleared… Read more »
A patient wants a copy of their health record. You give them your organization’s form to fill out before you give them a copy. What are you allowed to ask on that form? If your questions are not all answered, are you allowed to send back the access request as “incomplete”? That’s the subject of… Read more »
In healthcare we often repeat that “hand hygiene saves lives” – well so too does digital hygiene. What is digital hygiene? Digital hygiene is a term of art used in the technology and cyber security field to describe positive practices to protect digital information from loss, theft, and unauthorized use, disclosure, modification or destruction. How… Read more »
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