I must admit that when I sat down to write this blog post I felt a bit silly writing out the title “The Million Dollar Laptop.” This is not a post about a wildly overpriced and new, barely changed, or updated piece of tech that Apple is releasing, or some exorbitant gaming laptop that you are hoping to purchase to play Fortnite or Minecraft. No, this is about the simple neglect of a lost device. Neglect that cost a healthcare organization $1,040,000.00.
In the world of healthcare, like any business environment, there is an important difference between being secure and being compliant. Sure, healthcare data security and HIPAA compliance share similarities, but one does not equal the other. Here’s how to build healthcare data security into your HIPAA compliance.