Case Study: Northeastern Academic Health System achieves HIPAA compliance and proactive privacy monitoring with FairWarning Managed Privacy Services

FairWarning Helps Northeastern Academic Health System Stay in Compliance with HIPAA Regulations

Northeastern Academic Health System, a major nonprofit clinical partner and one of the largest healthcare systems in the Northeast, faced two significant privacy breaches that prompted regulatory notifications and exposed gaps in its HIPAA compliance program. With a small privacy team and competing priorities, the organization needed a faster, more proactive way to monitor patient record access and prevent future incidents.

The health system implemented FairWarning Managed Privacy Services (MPS) to outsource alert monitoring, analysis, and reporting to privacy and security specialists. MPS enabled proactive HIPAA monitoring, faster, more efficient investigations, better use of existing staff for higher-value work, increased employee privacy awareness, and responsive customer support—helping the system stay compliant and reduce privacy risk.

Northeastern Academic Health System

Northeastern Academic Health System

Chief Privacy Officer