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Providence to pay $100K for HIPAA violations
www.bizjournals.com Providence Health & Services will pay $100,000 as part of a settlement agreement with federal regulators tied to the health system's loss of electronic backup media and laptop computers containing individually identifiable health information in 2005 and 2006. Providence operates a health plan and seven hospitals in Oregon.
The Seattle-based health system also agreed to implement a corrective action plan to ensure that it appropriately safeguards identifiable electronic patient information against theft or loss. Under the action plan, the health system will revise policies and procedures regarding physical and technical safeguards, carefully govern off-site transport and storage of electronic media containing patient information, train work force members on the safeguards, conduct audits and site visits of facilities and submit compliance reports to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for three years.
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