Compliance January 12, 2016 Healthcare Data Breach Litigation Case Has Standing Based on Data Exposure Alone Healthcare data breach litigation usually requires plaintiffs to provide evidence that a breach of their Protected Health Information (PHI) has resulted in them coming to ... Read more
Security Breaches January 9, 2016 St. Louis Cardinals Hacking Scandal: Former Scouting Director Pleads Guilty There has been a new twist in the St. Louis Cardinals hacking scandal – A former scouting director has recently pleaded guilty to accessing Houston ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 7, 2016 HIPAA and Firearms Background Checks Healthcare providers concerned about HIPAA compliance and firearms background checks have received further clarification on when it is possible for PHI to be disclosed. A ... Read more
Security Breaches January 6, 2016 Cloudability Announces Acquisition of DataHero Over the course of the past 10 months Cloudability has been buying up small start ups to expand its footprint, bring talented software engineers into ... Read more
Security Breaches January 6, 2016 New Data Breach Notification Laws in California Effective On January 1, 2016, new data breach notification laws in California came into effect. All agencies doing business in the state of California must comply ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 5, 2016 VA Privacy Violations On the Increase The Department of Veteran Affairs has come under fire for the number of privacy violations caused by its employees since. Figures compiled by ProPublica show ... Read more
Security Breaches December 31, 2015 ProPublica HIPAA Helper Database Uncovers HIPAA Bad Boys ProPublica has launched a HIPAA compliance violation search engine to make it easier for consumers to find healthcare organizations that have violated patient privacy in ... Read more
Compliance December 30, 2015 Business Associate HIPAA Compliance to Be Tested By OCR The next round of OCR HIPAA compliance audits is penciled in to start in the first quarter of 2016. While the audits have been much ... Read more
Compliance December 28, 2015 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2015 The financial sector and retail industries have suffered the largest data breaches over the past couple of years, but 2015 was without doubt the year ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 24, 2015 Allina Health System HIPAA Violation Uncovered An Allina Health System HIPAA violation has been discovered that dates back to April 6, 2015. Documents containing the PHI of patients have been accidentally ... Read more
Security Breaches December 23, 2015 Medical Informatics Data Breach Litigation Now Centralized Medical Informatics data breach litigation has now been moved and centralized. Medical Informatics data breach litigation was to be expected after such a major breach ... Read more
Cyber Threats December 22, 2015 Anti-Phishing Solutions for Healthcare Providers Phishing is main method used by hackers to gain access to healthcare data, but fortunately there are a number of anti-phishing solutions for healthcare providers ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 17, 2015 HIPAA Holding Back Healthcare Cloud Application Adoption A new survey conducted by Bitglass shows the adoption of cloud applications has grown considerably since 2014 across all industries, but healthcare cloud application adoption ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 15, 2015 Cloud Cost Monitoring and Management Firm Cloudyn Raises Further $11 Million in Funding Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel-based cloud cost management and optimization firm Cloudyn has announced it has secured a further $11 million in funding. Carmel Ventures led the ... Read more
Security Breaches December 15, 2015 OCR HIPAA Settlement for a Phishing Attack University of Washington Medicine has agreed to an OCR HIPAA settlement for a phishing attack suffered in 2013. A financial penalty of $750,000 must be ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 14, 2015 FTC V LabMD: Case Dismissed After Challenge: Appeal Lodged In August 2013, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against LabMD over a 2008 data breach. The FTC v LabMD case was recently dismissed ... Read more
Compliance December 11, 2015 The State Attorney General HIPAA Fines Continue State attorney general HIPAA fines continue to be issued, as the University of Rochester Medical Center agrees to pay a HIPAA settlement of $15,000 for ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 10, 2015 Healthcare Cybersecurity Market to Reach $10.85 Billion by 2022 Major cyberattacks have occurred. Huge data breaches have been suffered. Almost 113 million healthcare records have been exposed so far in 2015. Understandably healthcare providers ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 9, 2015 Hospital Use of Two-Factor Authentication Solutions The results of a study on the use of two-factor authentication solutions by non-federal acute care hospitals have recently been published by the Office of ... Read more
Security Breaches December 4, 2015 Triple-S Data Breach Settlement Reached with OCR This week, OCR announced a Triple-S data breach settlement was reached. The Puerto Rico health insurer will pay $3.5 million to OCR to settle potential ... Read more
Compliance December 2, 2015 Lahey Hospital HIPAA Breach Settlement Agreed with OCR The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center following an investigation ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 30, 2015 Essential Healthcare Mobile Security Considerations The use of Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in healthcare is growing. Even though healthcare mobile security issues are numerous, the devices are simply ... Read more
Security Breaches November 27, 2015 HIPAA Business Associate Dispute Involves 2M-Record Breach A HIPAA Business Associate dispute is continuing between the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) and its former Business Associate (BA), Xerox, over the ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 27, 2015 Healthcare Secure Messaging Offers Many Benefits Implementing a healthcare secure messaging solution will help to ensure that privacy breaches are avoided. HIPAA regulations prohibit the sending of Protected Health Information (PHI) ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 25, 2015 Texas Seeks Civil Penalties for Improper Disposal of PHI The state of Texas has recently sued Alliance Health Management & Consulting Inc., and is seeking civil penalties for improper disposal of PHI after the ... Read more
Compliance November 20, 2015 Breaches of PHI Are Not Specific to Healthcare Breaches of PHI are not specific to the healthcare industry, according to a new study conducted by Verizon Enterprise Solutions. PHI data breaches are actually ... Read more
Compliance November 17, 2015 UC Health Data Breach: 1,064 Affected On September 16, 2015, the University of Cincinnati Health System (UC Health) discovered the Protected Health Information of 1,064 patients had been exposed. The UC ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 16, 2015 Liability for PHI Disclosure on Social Media Websites Who is liable for PHI disclosure on social media if an employee of a healthcare provider uploads a photo of a medical record to a ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 14, 2015 Attorney General HIPAA Penalties Continue with 90K Settlement Attorney General HIPAA penalties continue to be issued, with Hartford Hospital and its Business Associate (BA), EMC Corp, having recently settled with the state of ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 12, 2015 Tracking Medical Identity Theft: Senators Demand Answers Healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates of covered entities have suffered huge data breaches this year. Hackers have targeted healthcare plans in 2015 and ... Read more