Guest blogger and My HIPAA and Security Guru, Roy Huggins, LPC kicked off this series on Thursday by pointing out some of the mixed messages we get when discussing our need for HIPAA compliance. Today, he's back to continue the conversation by pointing out some of our mis-steps around technology, {...}
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HIPAA Compliance Myth Busting – Emails, Texts, & Smart Phones (series) – Part 1
I told you guys that in March, I attended the American Counseling Association's annual conference in Hawaii. That's where I had an opportunity to meet face-to-face (for the first time) my colleague and e-friend, Roy Huggins. You guys probably know him as the Licensed Professional Counselor behind {...}
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Mental Health Professionals Responding To Court Orders
Subpoena Received
Last month, I was hanging out on one of the online discussion lists that I participate in when Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Iain Halstead of Bogart, Georgia posted the following inquiry [shared here with Iain's permission] . . . .
. . . I received a subpoena yesterday that {...}
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Offering Psychotherapy While You’re Sick And Tired
True confession . . . out of the many identities that each one of us wears, one of the ones I struggle most with is that of physical disabilities. Age, sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, . . . I'm sure I still have stretching and growing to do there, too. But, the one that {...}
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