Compliance December 24, 2014 State Fines for HIPAA Violations Increase The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services issued fines for HIPAA violations, but state fines for HIPAA violations can ... Read more
Security Breaches December 21, 2014 California Malware Infection Data Breach Reported It is not only large healthcare providers being targeted by hackers; the latest malware infection data breach has been reported by a relatively small healthcare ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 17, 2014 TigerText Awarded Enterprise-Ready Status under the SkyHigh CloudTrust Program This week has seen the TigerText secure messaging platform receive another accolade, having been certified as an “Enterprise-Ready” under the SkyHigh CloudTrust Program. The SkyHigh ... Read more
Security Breaches December 16, 2014 Sony Pictures HIPAA Breach Included Social Security Numbers The data breach at Sony Pictures rocked both the company and the industry as a whole; the volume of data obtained by the hackers was ... Read more
Security Breaches December 12, 2014 Laptop Theft Causes Oregon HIPAA Data Breach Another Oregon HIPAA data breach has been announced, again the result of the theft of a laptop containing the unencrypted PHI. In November of this ... Read more
Compliance December 1, 2014 Wearable Devices: HIPAA Regulations Apply They are all the rage and they are finding their way into healthcare environments, but beware; when it comes to wearable devices, HIPAA regulations apply! ... Read more
Security Breaches November 18, 2014 Security Encryption Software Can Prevent HIPAA Breaches As the year draws to a close, many people in the healthcare industry will be breathing a sigh of relief and will be glad to ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 6, 2014 How to Send HIPAA Compliant Text Messages According to recent research, 87 percent of healthcare professionals now use a Smartphone at work, either supplied by their employer, or purchased privately and used ... Read more
Tools & Practices November 4, 2014 CMS Delays HIPAA Health Plan Identifiers Deadline The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule demanding a National Health Plan Identifier must be attached to all healthcare transactions. ... Read more
Compliance October 24, 2014 Tenet Health Data Breach: Lawsuit Settled for $32.5 Million Seventeen years after the Tenet health data breach, the lawsuit brought against the company by the victims whose PHI was exposed has been settled for ... Read more
Compliance October 18, 2014 Skagit County Hit with $215K Fine for Government HIPAA Violation The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued its first fine for a government HIPAA compliance violation, stipulating that Skagit ... Read more
Trends & Reports October 15, 2014 Hybrid Cloud Usage Tracking Improved in Cloud Cruiser 4.0 Cloud Cruiser has released version 4 of its cloud usage tracking system which is much better suited for use in hybrid public and private cloud ... Read more
Trends & Reports October 15, 2014 Colorado Behavioral Health Reports HIPAA Violation in a Mailed Survey The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has reported a HIPAA violation in a mailed survey that was sent to behavioral health patients. ... Read more
Compliance October 6, 2014 Lack of Support for Older Equipment Presents Medical Device Security Risk A medical device security risk is not being addressed by device manufacturers according to complaints received by the FDA from healthcare providers. It is alleged ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 5, 2014 FDA Issues Medical Device Security Guidelines The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released medical device security guidelines for the use of medical devices in the healthcare industry. The medical ... Read more
Trends & Reports September 20, 2014 OCR Director Reveals Plans for HIPAA Enforcement in 2015 The new director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights had her maiden speech during National Health IT Week and ... Read more
Compliance September 17, 2014 82,601 Records Exposed in Third Aventura Hospital HIPAA Breach A third Aventura Hospital HIPAA compliance breach has been announced potentially affecting more than 82,000 patients after going unnoticed for 21 months. It has been ... Read more
Compliance September 15, 2014 Cloud Cost Management Firm Cloudyn Raises $4 Million in Funding The cloud cost management and optimization business is highly competitive, with several new startups offering platforms that can help businesses improve their return on their ... Read more
Compliance September 11, 2014 Second Round of HIPAA Audits are to be Delayed The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced that the second round of HIPAA audits are to be delayed in ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 1, 2014 Deadline Drawing Near for Business Associate Agreement Updates HIPAA covered entities (CE) only have until September 23, 2014 to complete the Business Associate Agreement updates as demanded by the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. The ... Read more
Compliance August 19, 2014 Community Health Systems Reports Largest HIPAA Breach of 2014 The largest HIPAA compliance breach of 2014 has just been reported by Community Health Systems (CHS) following a security incident in which hackers managed to ... Read more
Security Breaches August 12, 2014 Office of Inspector General Files Criminal Charges for a HIPAA Breach The Office for Civil Rights may be the main overseer of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act enforcement, but it is not the only organization ... Read more
Compliance August 5, 2014 Parkview Health Ordered to Pay Fine for Violating the HIPAA Privacy Rule Parkview Health, an Indiana-based Healthcare System, has recently been ordered to pay the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $800,000 ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 29, 2014 Unencrypted Healthcare Communications Violates HIPAA Rules Two healthcare professionals have recently discovered that the use of unencrypted healthcare communications violate HIPAA Rules for Privacy and Security, as they do not incorporate ... Read more
Compliance July 27, 2014 Do Unencrypted Text Messages Violate HIPAA? Do unencrypted text messages violate HIPAA rules? Two medical professionals in North Carolina have found out that they do. Text message HIPAA violations appear to ... Read more
Compliance July 22, 2014 John Hopkins Health System hit with HIPAA Privacy Rule Lawsuit A particularly distasteful HIPAA Privacy Rule violation that occurred at John Hopkins Health System has now resulted in a $190 million class-action HIPAA Privacy Rule ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 10, 2014 St Vincent Breast Center Reports HIPAA Marketing Violation The St. Vincent Breast Center in Indianapolis has reported a HIPAA marketing violation which has affected 63,325 of its patients. The accidental disclosure of PHI ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 2, 2014 HHS Announces Jocelyn Samuels as the New Director at the Office of Civil Rights The Department of Health and Human Services has named Jocelyn Samuels as the new director at the Office of Civil Rights. Samuels takes over the ... Read more
Trends & Reports June 30, 2014 New Mobile Data Security Study Published A new mobile data security study has been published that suggests that there is a market for the provision of an increased range of security ... Read more
Compliance June 26, 2014 Cyberattack Responsible for HIPAA Breach at Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services A cyberattack is being held responsible for a HIPAA breach at Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). Montana Department of Public Health ... Read more