The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to tweak HIPAA privacy rules. Most recently HHS strengthened patients rights to lab report access by allowing laboratories to

Locking in a secure text messaging service is considered one of this year’s top health IT priorities by medical offices, clinics and healthcare providers. A fast and convenient

Call Forwarding Assurance is one of three new limited-scope services MedConnectUSA has just begun offering to meet the needs of medical offices and healthcare providers that do not

We are pleased to announce the launch of MedConnectUSA’s new Ready Assist medical call answering service. A unified communications platform, Ready Assist features a completely automated answering system

Medical practices healthcare providers and their business associates may be faced with a double jeopardy threat now that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asserted its right to

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) insistence that it has the authority to enforce data security breaches by HIPAA-covered entities has some people crying foul. We tweeted about this

Winter is just getting started and already most people have had their fill of snow and cold. Gray days, nasty weather, bone-chilling cold and lack of sunshine can

If the relentless cold weather and gray skies have your medical office staff sinking into a blue funk, use the following tips to boost office morale and keep

Helping older and younger staff members at your medical practice bridge the generation gap can reap rewards for both employees and your practice (see our previous post). Both