Case Study: Nuvance Health prevents internal privacy breaches and speeds compliance investigations with FairWarning

Nuvance Health speeds privacy investigations in under 4 months with FairWarning

Nuvance Health, a major integrated healthcare system, faced a significant challenge with internal privacy breaches. While external defenses were strong, the risk of authorized users misusing electronic health records posed a serious threat to patient privacy and created regulatory exposure under HIPAA. To address this, they partnered with the vendor FairWarning to implement its patient privacy monitoring solution.

FairWarning's solution was implemented in under four months, enabling a cross-departmental approach that joined IT, Compliance, and Security. The web-based system allowed compliance staff to run reports and conduct investigations without IT intervention, which eliminated delays and improved responsiveness. This helped Nuvance Health meet HIPAA, HITRUST, and Meaningful Use requirements while reducing its overall privacy risk.

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