Data security news and information

Definition: spy – n. 1.) A person who keeps close and secret watch on another or others.
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At least eight foreign-sponsored organizations, mostly connected to the Chinese military, have hacked into computer networks at the Veterans Affairs Department in recent years or were actively trying to do so, a former VA computer security chief told Congress this week.
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HIPAA isn't just for healthcare providers anymore. The federal law that requires your doctor to protect your privacy soon will apply to other organizations that come in contact with patient data.
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Outliers is gonna file this one under “Physician, heal thyself.” It seems one of the more prominent organizations devoted to health IT data security ran into a little data security lapse. Yes, the Health Information Trust Alliance got hacked. Oops.
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Idaho State University agreed to pay $400,000 and adopt a corrective action plan under a settlement agreement with HHS' Office for Civil Rights at HHS over a breach of data security involving the records of about 17,500 patients at its Pocatello Family Medicine Clinic.
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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is contacting more than 5,000 patients on behalf of its Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, Va., to let them know of an electronic health records security breach.
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The Health Information Trust Alliance, a Frisco, Texas-based organization that promotes data security, has been hacked.
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Boxes of medical records for more than 1,400 patients of Miami-based Jackson Health System have been missing since January, the hospital system recently reported. A spokesman said the missing documents were either on their way to be scanned electronically or returning from the process when they...
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Idaho State University has agreed to pay $400,000 to HHS for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Security Rule.
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Three healthcare organizations are defending the federal health IT booster programs against calls from GOP senators who want a “reboot.”
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