Becker's Healthcare October 23, 2023
Giles Bruce

HIPAA requires hospitals and health systems to sanction employees who don’t comply with the healthcare privacy law, DataBreaches.net reported Oct. 20.

The website cited an October HHS cybersecurity newsletter. “An organization’s sanction policies can be an important tool for supporting accountability and improving cybersecurity and data protection,” the agency wrote. “Sanction policies can be used to address the intentional actions of malicious insiders, such as the stealing of data by identity-theft rings, as well...

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