The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

HIPAA 85

HIPAA Business Associate Hospital Medication 85

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. This is continued evidence that in 2019 and the near-term future, Amazon continues to “prime” consumers for experience.

Collaboration 84

Collaboration HIPAA Patient Records Hospital 84

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. Nearly one-half would also be keen on mental health appointments and specialty visits for chronic conditions.

Appointments 139

Appointments HIPAA Documentation Tests 139

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2019

Over one half have scheduled appointments via the portal, 42% have done an online refill for a prescription drug, and 4 in 10 received advice about a health issue via the portal. adults 18 and older via phone in July 2019. See the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll data from April 2019 in this last chart for that insight.

HIPAA 78

HIPAA Hospital Appointments Scheduling 78

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

For context, I re-visited a similar recent study on this topic, published in the November/December 2019 Annals of Family Medicine, looking at national trends in primary care visit use between 2008 and 2015. Note in the chart the emerging trend by 2015 of PCPs emailing with patients and offering after-hours appointments.

Long Term Care 144

Long Term Care Patient Advocacy Insurance HIPAA 144

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

need a new-and-improved HIPAA or more over-arching new national privacy law like a USGDPR? Check out this chart from the Waystar study, showing that nearly one in four patients at high-risk miss medical appointments at least once a month, and two-thirds miss appointments a few times a year. Does the U.S.

Appointments 95

Appointments Insurance HIPAA Billing 95

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips published results from this global study in The Future Health Index 2019 , themed “Transforming healthcare experiences, exploring the impact of digital health technology on healthcare professionals and patients.”

Patient Experience 91

Patient Experience Collaboration Appointments Transfers 91