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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
April 24, 2013 Hospitals Must Learn How to Prepare for Cybersecurity Attacks The latest report from the Ponemon Institute contains a warning for HIPAA-covered entities; those who do not prepare for cybersecurity attacks are likely to regret ... Read more
April 23, 2013 Healthcare Data Breach Preparedness Study Raises Concerns A new study released by Experian Data Breach Resolution & the Ponemon Institute has raised a number of concerns about healthcare data breach preparedness. The ... Read more
April 11, 2013 Healthcare BYOD Security Tips to Avoid Data Breaches BYOD schemes offer numerous benefits, but also carry a number of risks: To make it easier to avoid the pitfalls, we have compiled a list ... Read more
March 3, 2013 5 Most Common BYOD Errors Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes have proven popular with the healthcare industry, allowing Smartphones and tablets to be used by healthcare professionals, without their ... Read more
January 10, 2013 HIPAA Compliance for Small Businesses: Problems Persist Large healthcare providers, with correspondingly large budgets, are introducing new security measures to protect stored data, but HIPAA compliance for small businesses lags behind. Smaller ... Read more
December 6, 2011 Preparation for HIPAA Audits Essential According to the results of an HCPro survey, healthcare providers and other HIPAA-covered entities are simply not prepared for a compliance inspection; in fact, preparation ... Read more
September 30, 2011 Navigating Privacy Laws for Patient Data Sharing Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Laws for patient data sharing, the sharing of Protected Health Information with a third party is ... Read more
September 29, 2011 Top 5 Healthcare Data Breaches in 2011 This month there is a new name on top of the list of the biggest healthcare data breaches in 2011, the incident is also the ... Read more