Offering HIPAA compliance refresher training to hospital staff members is urgent, says privacy attorney Brad Rostolsky, because of the risks that could come with treating patients infected with Ebola.

"The Ebola situation right now is very representative of any sort of very public situation that could result in [record] snooping," Rostolsky, a partner at law firm Reed Smith, says in an interview with Information Security Media Group. "Now is absolutely the right time to ensure that your workforce understands what the rules of the road are" regarding appropriate access to records, he adds.

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