OCR Probes HIPAA Impediments to Care Coordination
In addition to other input, the federal Office for Civil Rights wants to know how the privacy rule might be amended to encourage information sharing among providers.
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The Threat From Within: Most Breaches Due to Employee Errors
A study found that more than half of information breaches at health care organizations were due to internal issues such as sending emails to the wrong recipient.
Health Information Breach Brings Record Settlement
Company fined $16 million in a case involving hackers who stole electronic health information from nearly 79 million people.
Massachusetts Physician Guilty in HIPAA Case
Although uncommon, criminal prosecutions under HIPAA still occur.
Failure to Encrypt Devices Leads to Huge Settlement
The case involving a major health care organization involved a laptop stolen from an employee’s home and 2 lost USB devices.
Good Incident Response Plans Are a Must
A systematic process is necessary to prove an incident involving medical records did not result in a breach.
Strategies for Measuring HIPAA Compliance Efforts
Providers need to know how to measure their effectiveness at HIPAA compliance.
An Underappreciated Vulnerability: Medical Devices
Hackers’ attempts to steal data could lead to malfunction of MRI machines, implantable defibrillators, insulin pumps, and other devices.
How Small Breaches Can Cost Millions
Health care providers are neglecting some basic precautions and thereby allowing breaches of protected health information.
Practices Face Challenges in Hiring Qualified Cybersecurity Personnel
Health care cybersecurity is an area with severe shortages.
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