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Patients getting short shrift in EHR privacy and access
Healthcare providers and health information exchanges must do a better job of protecting patients' privacy, allowing them to access their own healthcare data, and developing consistent "rules of the
Report: Securing protected health information 'not always a top priority'
A comprehensive new report released this week, outlines the fragile state of patient information security, offering up a five-step methodology to help healthcare CIOs and CEOs determine the right
UCLA Health System pays $865G to settle HIPAA violation charges
UCLA Health System has agreed to pay a fine of $865,000 and to develop a correction action plan to settle potential HIPAA privacy violations involving improper disclosures of medical records at its
Health Net pays $55K fine for data breach involving 1.5M people
Health Net will pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn't inform customers in Vermont that their personal information was lost along with an unencrypted computer hard drive. The
HHS: Laptop theft is No. 1 source of health data breaches
Here's another reminder: Secure your laptop computers. HHS officials last week confirmed what many people have long suspected: Laptop theft is the most common source of health data breaches affecting
Indiana AG sues WellPoint over timing of breach notifications
Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller has sued Indianapolis-based WellPoint seeking $300,000 in civil penalties, saying that the nation's largest private health insurer waited too long to notify
Pennsylvania Medicaid plans defend practices in wake of data breach
The two affiliated Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plans that recently reported the loss of a hard drive containing records of more than 285,000 enrollees say they have been working to encrypt all
Cook County appointment reminder system drops the ball on HIPAA
Dear Cook County (Ill.) Bureau of Health Services: I wanted to draw your attention to a likely HIPAA violation caused by some seriously bad IT. It seems you had a wrong phone number on file for a
Lost hard drive puts data on 280,000 Medicaid enrollees at risk
The names, addresses and some health information of 280,000 Medicaid enrollees in Pennsylvania could be at risk after two affiliated managed care organizations reported the loss of a hard drive from
New HIPAA rules need more clarification
When it comes to the new HIPAA privacy and security standards, it seems like everybody has an opinion. Quite a few organizations are spreading the word about the comments they've filed in response to
