Every business should have one or more types of insurance policies to protect it from certain issues or accidents. A type of insurance still relatively new to the healthcare marketplace is cyber insurance. Since it is an immature product in many aspects, there can be a lot of confusion as to what a business should […]
The Coronavirus is very newsworthy at this point, but it is also very important to realize that during the 2018-19 influenza season, the United States reported an estimated 16.5 million people went to a health care provider for the flu, and more than 34,000 people died in the U.S. We need to keep a focus […]
OSHA: If we have an employee stay less than a year, are we obligated to keep their medical records? No. The medical record can be given to the worker upon termination if they were employed less than a year. Medical records would include medical and employment questionnaires, laboratory tests, pre-employment exams, first aid records, treatment […]
How are proper privacy and security controls, risk assessments, remediation/mitigation, policies and procedures, and training are all part of providing safe treatment to your patients? If your patients’ PHI is stolen and used maliciously, the accuracy of their medical record moving forward could be compromised. Left undetected, such inaccuracies could lead to lethal errors when […]
It is difficult to argue that technology has not improved our lives and businesses in many ways. On the other hand, it’s just as difficult to argue that technology advancements are not without some very serious risks. IBM’s 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report illustrates the fact that the healthcare industry is the most […]
As technology improves, software providers and hardware manufacturers discontinue their support of older software and devices. A significant event that may impact your practice is just around the corner. Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 on January 14, 2020. This means that Microsoft will no longer provide improvements, bug fixes, […]
OSHA: What kind of fire extinguishers do most offices have? Most offices and hospitals have multi-purpose dry chemical extinguishers which are classified with the labels A, B, & C. The 3 elements needed to ignite a fire are heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent. These multi-purpose dry chemical extinguishers will coat the fuel with a […]
Good tidings to you from all of us at TMC and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)! We don’t want to curb your enthusiasm for the holidays, but the CPSC states that from 2014 to 2016, there were about 100 Christmas tree fires and about 1,100 candle fires that resulted in 10 deaths, 150 […]
OSHA: How long do we keep records of the monthly fire extinguisher inspection? OSHA regulation 1910.157(e)(3) says the tag/record must be kept for one year past the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. If the last entry is 9/19/2019, the ticket can be discarded on 9/19/2020. HIPAA: Are there any […]
The rise of ransomware and its increased impact on small to medium-sized organizations can keep most business owners and security professionals awake at night. Ransomware is a form of malware where a hacker gains access to a business’s data, encrypts it, and demands payment for the access code for the organization to recover the data. […]
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