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What is Considered Protected Health Information (PHI)?

Understanding What’s at Stake for Your Small Health Care Organization

When you're running a small hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility, staying on top of regulations like HIPAA can feel overwhelming. But one piece you absolutely have to understand is Protected Health Information (PHI)—what it is, how it’s used, and why securing it is non-negotiable.

🏷️ The 2025 Budget Squeeze: A Survival Guide for Small Health Care IT Leaders and Execs

🚨 Budget Pressures Are Converging — Fast

Small health care IT teams — rural hospitals, clinics, long-term care — are facing a perfect storm in 2025. Budgets are tighter. Regulations stricter. Vendor costs rising. And multiple industry shifts are hitting all at once:


💻 Windows 10 End-of-Life

October 2025: Microsoft ends Windows 10 security updates. Unsupported PCs = compliance risk, security risk, and operational risk.

🩺 Healthcare IT Alert: BitLocker Lockouts Tied to Recent Windows Patch

A recently released Windows update — KB5058379 — is triggering unexpected BitLocker recovery screens for systems using Intel’s Trusted Execution Technology (TXT).

✅ Think Your Org’s Outbound Email Is Protected? 5 Quick Ways to Check

If you're a health care IT manager, director, or executive in a small organization, you've probably been sold on an email system that is "HIPAA-compliant."

You might have even been sold on how “seamless” it is — with no portals or passwords required.

Sounds great.

But behind that smooth sales pitch, there’s often a very costly gray area — and it's small organizations that are poised to pay the price.

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