Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Our July 2010 Data Protection eNewsletter has been published.

We continue to feature HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Act data security updates, including the link to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” — its Data Breach Notification web page.

Please enjoy these links to industry articles and white papers that we’ve researched and assembled for you. I’m confident you’ll find a nugget or two among them!

We would love to hear your thoughts. Please comment below!

Tags: Business Associates, Continuous Data Backup, Data Mountain, data protection services, HIPAA, HIPAA Security Law, HIPAA-HITECH Series, online data backup and recovery services, The HITECH Act
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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.

Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Our colleagues at HIPAASurvivalGuide.com recently published their June 2010 “HITECH / HIPAA Newsletter June 2010″ centered around Business Associate Agreements.  In fact, they have developed a terrific tool/product aimed at helping Covered Entities and Business Associates reshape these now more-critical-than-ever agreements.

You may wish to check out “Business Associate Agreement – A HITECH Ready Model Contract” to get a jump on this important element of compliance.

We would love to hear your thoughts.  Please comment below!

Tags: Business Associate agreement, Business Associates, Covered Entities, data protection, data protection services firm, disaster recovery, HIPAA, HIPAA Security Rule, online data backup and recovery, The HITECH Act
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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.