Monthly Archives: May 2010
ePharmaSolutions joins hands with iTrials for better patient recruitment process
ePharmaSolutions, a leading provider of clinical research technologies and services, has joined hands with iTrials to help improve the site selection and patient recruitment process. For this, ePharmaSolutions will integrate iTrials’ longitudinal patient database into its CRID (Clinical Research Investigator Database), linking practicing physicians and experienced research Investigators with iTrials’ patient data to provide detailed … Continue reading
Privacy Rule exception in case of using the PHI of a deceased subject
The Privacy Rule requires researchers to obtain written authorizations from research subjects before using the subjects’ protected health information (PHI) in the course of that research. Among other exceptions to this rule, one exception is for the use of decedents’ PHI, after filing an appropriate certification. When you wish to use the PHI of any … Continue reading
Filing a complaint with OCR for HIPAA violation
You know that a covered entity has violated or tampered with your PHI under HIPAA. But what are you supposed to do next? To redress your grievances, you have to file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR is the authority entitled to receive and investigate complaints against covered entities related to … Continue reading
Former UCLA researcher sentenced to prison for violating HIPAA privacy rule
Huping Zhou, a licensed cardiothoracic surgeon in China, and a former UCLA School of Medicine researcher, becomes one of the first healthcare workers sentenced to prison for violating the HIPAA privacy rule. Working as a researcher at the university in 2003 Mr. Zhou began accessing the medical records of his superior, his co-workers and celebrity … Continue reading
Choosing the right biometric system for securing PHI
HIPAA lays special emphasis on conversion of medical records of patient from paper to electronic format and any covered entity failing to protect the patient health data as per HIPAA compliance norms is subject to strict penalties and criminal convictions. When making health transactions on the internet, it is mandatory for health service entities to … Continue reading