Tech Safety

This comprehensive guide bridges the gap between HIPAA/HITECH security regulations and practical implementation, serving as a reference for healthcare professionals and attorneys who need to both protect patient information and provide quality care. The second edition provides updated guidance on Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule compliance for healthcare and information security professionals.

This comprehensive guide to healthcare information security and privacy provides practical, tested strategies for protecting patient data while maintaining efficient healthcare operations, covering everything from regulatory compliance across multiple countries to cybersecurity best practices and risk management. The book serves as a complete resource for healthcare professionals seeking to understand and implement information security measures, with special attention to real-world clinical and business scenarios.

This updated guide serves as both an introduction to HIPAA for newcomers and a comprehensive reference for experienced practitioners, covering the evolution of healthcare privacy regulations including the Security Rule, HITECH Act, and Breach Notification Rule over the past 15 years. The book provides practical guidance for balancing patient privacy with healthcare access, incorporating real-world examples and useful forms for ongoing HIPAA compliance.

This comprehensive handbook explores methods for protecting privacy in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems while enabling the beneficial reuse of medical data, covering everything from anonymization techniques to legislative requirements and data mining applications. The text is aimed at professionals and researchers interested in safeguarding medical data while maximizing its value for healthcare advancement.

This book examines the complex intersection of privacy technologies and societal impacts, exploring how encryption and digital surveillance affect various aspects of modern life from journalism to consumer tracking. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the text investigates critical questions about privacy rights, state surveillance, and the balance between security and personal freedom in our digital age.

This collection examines the urgent privacy and security challenges that emerged during the 2020 shift to remote learning, offering case studies, teaching approaches, and practical solutions for creating safer online learning environments across K-12, higher education, and libraries. The text addresses both immediate pandemic-related concerns and ongoing issues of student data protection in digital education.

This new edition discusses the practical, political, psychological, and philosphical challenges we face as technological advances have changed the landscape of traditional notions of privacy.