Security Breaches June 25, 2014 Mobile Data Security Concerns Consumers A recent study conducted by iReach Insights has highlighted that consumers on both sides of the Atlantic have major mobile data security concerns, and in ... Read more
Compliance June 16, 2014 Data Encryption for Stored Healthcare Data Data encryption for stored healthcare data is essential, as storing PHI on portable devices without using data encryption carries a high risk that the data ... Read more
Compliance May 28, 2014 L.A. County Likely to be First of Many Local Administrations to Encrypt Healthcare Data After the data breach that affected L.A. County, the decision has been made for local administrations to encrypt healthcare data in order to protect the ... Read more
Compliance May 13, 2014 Compliant Business Associate Agreement Guidance Issued Compliant business associate agreement guidance has been added to the American Health Information Management Association and added to its library to assist Business Associates with ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 6, 2014 Largest OCR HIPAA Penalty of $4.8M Issued The largest OCR HIPAA penalty ever issued – to New York and Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University (CU) – means the two organizations will ... Read more
Compliance April 16, 2014 One Year of HIPAA Omnibus Rule Compliance The HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance deadline was six months ago, with the introduction of the legislation taking place around this time last year. HIPAA-covered entities ... Read more
Compliance April 8, 2014 Secure Hospital Pager Replacement for Nurses Needed Recent studies have revealed that a secure hospital pager replacement for nurses is needed to prevent the risk of HIPAA violations and malware threats. A ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 15, 2014 Benefits of BYOD Schemes When many CIOs and CISOs face with the choice of leveraging the benefits of Smartphones and mobile technology, they err on the side of caution ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 10, 2014 Biggest 2014 Healthcare Data Security Threats Revealed The biggest healthcare data security threats have been uncovered and published in a new report from the Ponemon Institute. The report highlights a number of ... Read more
Compliance March 3, 2014 Healthcare IT Security Vulnerabilities Not Being Addressed The healthcare industry is suffering a shocking number of data breaches with reported PHI exposures increasing year on year; while many are due to healthcare ... Read more
Compliance February 11, 2014 Healthcare BYOD Data Security Challenges Explored Ask any healthcare IT professional what the main healthcare BYOD data security challenges are and you could be in for a long speech; BYOD schemes ... Read more
Trends & Reports February 7, 2014 Healthcare BYOD Schemes and HIPAA There are clear benefits to Bring Your Own Device schemes, but healthcare BYOD schemes are often thought to be risky, with some believing BYOD and ... Read more
Security Breaches February 3, 2014 Data Breach Preparedness Found to be Lacking Health IT professionals may be able to keep hospital systems operational, but data breach preparedness is nowhere near where it should be. In an ideal ... Read more
Compliance January 31, 2014 HIPAA Security Compliance The original rules for HIPAA security compliance were compiled in 2003 – and enacted in 2004 – in order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and ... Read more
Compliance January 10, 2014 2014 Healthcare Data Breach Forecast Last year was a bad year for data breaches, with no industry or organization apparently immune and the 2014 healthcare data breach forecast suggests things ... Read more
Compliance December 28, 2013 Healthcare Attack Surface Growth will Increase Breach Risk Healthcare attack surface growth is a major reason why healthcare data breaches in 2014 will be higher than in any past year, according to a ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 1, 2013 Important Ways to Safeguard Protected Health Information HIPAA demands that all Covered-Entities (CEs) implement the necessary physical, administrative and technical controls to safeguard Protected Health Information. Healthcare organizations must ensure that all ... Read more
Tools & Practices November 25, 2013 Healthcare Network Security Tips Healthcare organizations have to implement a broad range of controls to ensure Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable information (PII) is kept secure; recently ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 16, 2013 Common Healthcare BYOD Mistakes to Avoid To implement a BYOD scheme or not; that is the question for many CIOs and CISOs: Get it right and a healthcare organization can greatly ... Read more
Security Breaches October 15, 2013 Determining Liability for a Data Breach Government regulatory bodies, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in particular, investigate security breaches that expose Protected Health Information ... Read more
Compliance October 14, 2013 The Price of HIPAA Non-Compliance Vs the Cost of Compliance The introduction of new, tougher HIPAA Rules coupled with increased enforcement against HIPAA violators means the price of HIPAA non-compliance is now far greater than ... Read more
Compliance October 6, 2013 BYOD Benefits for Nurses The benefits of BYOD have been widely discussed in recent weeks; however recent research has highlighted important healthcare BYOD benefits for nurses. The use of ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 15, 2013 BYOD Schemes for Nurses Increase in Popularity BYOD schemes for physicians have proven to be incredibly popular, and so too BYOD schemes for nurses, according to a new survey recently published by ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 15, 2013 Physician Mobile Device Use Increases to 86% Physician mobile device use is growing at an extraordinary rate, according to the results of a recent mobile phone usage survey. The report shows that ... Read more
Compliance July 28, 2013 The Healthcare BYOD Debate Continues There has been much discussion about the pros and cons of Bring Your Own Device Schemes (BYOD) in recent months, but it doesn’t look like ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 15, 2013 Mobile Device Security Best Practices to Adopt There is a significant threat of data theft and loss as a result of using mobile devices or implementing a BYOD scheme; however there are ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 11, 2013 Growth of Mobile Technology in Medicine Continues The benefits of mobile technology in medicine are too good to pass on. Healthcare mobile use is growing at an astonishing rate with some healthcare ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 15, 2013 Health Industry BYOD Security is Now Easy to Manage CISOs and CIOs are realizing that mobile phone use in healthcare is as essential. Healthcare professionals use the devices when they are not working, and ... Read more
Compliance May 4, 2013 Control is the Key to Healthcare BYOD Security Many CISOs, CIOs and IT heads consider the healthcare BYOD security challenges to be too problematic, and shy away from implementing such a scheme. The ... Read more
Compliance April 25, 2013 Study Indicates Healthcare Data Breach Preparedness Issues Handling healthcare security goes beyond just the technical side, as privacy and security compliance is critical to both data breach prevention and response plans. Experian Data Breach ... Read more