Tag: Privacy
Össur program meets privacy requirement
November 9, 2021HME News Staff
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. – Össur has announced that its Empower By Össur program has earned renewed certified status for information security by HITRUST. HITRUST CSF Certified status means that Empower by Össur has met key regulations and industry defined requirements, and that it is appropriately managing risk. “Organizations and programs like Empower by Össur are under more pressure than ever to meet complex compliance and privacy requirements that include technical...
OneTrust tapped by ResMed for compliance
August 27, 2019HME News Staff
ATLANTA - OneTrust has been selected by ResMed, which has more than 10 million cloud-connected devices for daily remote patient monitoring, for global privacy compliance. With wide-reaching data protection requirements under new and impending privacy regulations, ResMed selected OneTrust to implement a highly configurable, centralized platform with multi-lingual capabilities to support privacy processes across all business units within the organization, OneTrust says. “The major benefit of...
Don't get popped by HIPAA
October 17, 2012Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
GWCC - If you haven't updated your HIPAA policies and procedures lately, it's time to get your ducks in a row, says attorney Denise Fletcher.That's because the HITECH Act of 2009—which still hasn't been finalized—increases enforcement efforts and penalties when patient health information (PHI) is breached."As a DME provider, rarely do you get requests from patients for their medical records," said Fletcher, an attorney with Brown & Fortunato, during her session, "HIPAA: The Silent Compliance...