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N.Y. hospital warns patients of data breach
By Joseph Conn | May 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has notified 537 patients of a security breach involving their medical records after an unencrypted flash drive went missing.
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Insurers, CVS join HITRUST security program
By Joseph Conn | May 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Five health insurance carriers and a major drugstore chain will require their business associates to participate in an independent security-assessment program sponsored by the Health Information Trust Alliance, or HITRUST.
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Mobile devices, security among IT execs' top concerns
By Joseph Conn | May 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The rising tide of smartphones and other mobile computing devices and their impact on healthcare information network security were the key concerns raised by healthcare IT executives in a focus group session and a subsequent report by HIMSS Analytics.
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'Wall of Shame' exposes 21M medical record breaches
By Computerworld | May 03, 2013
Over the past three years, about 21 million patients have had their medical records exposed in data security breaches that were big enough to require they be reported to the federal government. The Office for Civil Rights has been updating a list of the breaches, known to the healthcare industry as...
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HIPAA support widens in cloud vendor community
By Forbes | May 02, 2013
Earlier this year, HHS issued their final rule to modify HIPAA—the 1996 legislation that's the beating heart of healthcare security, privacy and data portability. The lack of data portability continues to plague the industry—but the security and privacy are getting more serious with...
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Utah’s health data breach was a costly mistake
By Salt Lake (City) Tribune | April 30, 2013
Utah’s 2012 health data breach—a security slip that exposed the personal information of three-quarters of a million residents to hackers—was a costly mistake. The state has spent about $9 million on security audits, upgrades and credit monitoring for victims—and that’s...
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Emergency dispatch privacy violations probed in Pa.
By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 24, 2013
The attorney leading an investigation into allegations the 911 dispatch center in Monroeville, Pa., violated federal privacy laws is giving residents a "heads up" to check their personal information to ensure it's secure.
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Audits find organizations unaware of new data, privacy rules
By Joe Carlson | April 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Simply knowing all the rules could prevent many of the problems plaguing data security and privacy among healthcare providers and insurers.
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Feds aim to audit 5% of participants in EHR program
By Joseph Conn | April 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
About one in 20 participants in the federally funded electronic health-record incentive payment program can expect to be audited for compliance with meaningful use and other program criteria, a federal official said Monday.
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N.Y. hospital a target of records lawsuit
By Albany (N.Y.) Times Union | April 19, 2013
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Glens Falls Hospital after the accidental release of the names and medical records of 2,360 patients. The records were available online through an unsecured computer server between Nov. 2 and March 14.
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