October 22, 2015 New Employee Healthcare Data Theft Cases Reported There have been a number of cases of employee healthcare data theft reported so far this year, and now two more incidents have emerged. When ... Read more
October 20, 2015 Beware of Impostors: Worrying Healthcare Fraud Risk Uncovered The data security threat from malicious outsiders is severe, but a recent breach notice submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for ... Read more
October 20, 2015 New Healthcare Cybercrime Cost Projections Released Following last week’s announcement of the results of this year’s healthcare cybercrime cost study by the Ponemon Institute/HP, Accenture has analyzed Ponemon’s data (along with ... Read more
October 19, 2015 New Android Phone Data Security Report Released The timespan between reports of Android phone data security problems is getting shorter. As soon as one major security vulnerability is discovered and addressed, other ... Read more
October 15, 2015 Health App Privacy Risks Revealed by New Study A new study published by BMC Medicine has revealed numerous health app privacy risks, with 66% of accredited apps under test found not to employ ... Read more
October 14, 2015 ONC Final Interoperability Roadmap Released It has been a long time coming but the wait is over: The ONC Final Interoperability Roadmap has now been released. The Interoperability Roadmap is ... Read more
October 13, 2015 Benefits of Texting Patients Include Improved Risk Profiles Something as simple as sending a text message to a patient can have a profound impact on that individual’s health, according to a recent study ... Read more
October 12, 2015 Meaningful Use Stage 3 Final Rules Released The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) together with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), have released the Meaningful ... Read more
October 10, 2015 Mobile App Developers’ HIPAA Questions to be Answered by OCR The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is to answer mobile app developers’ HIPAA questions via a new web portal launched ... Read more
October 8, 2015 ONC Reports 30% Annual Increase in Patient-Physician Secure Message Exchange More physicians are using secure text message services to communicate with patients. According to a recent Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ... Read more
October 7, 2015 2015 Cybersecurity Report: Device Loss Main Breach Cause Say Trend Micro A new 2015 cybersecurity report has been published by software security firm Trend Micro, which shows the loss of devices is responsible for causing more ... Read more
October 5, 2015 OIG Criticizes OCR over Enforcement of HIPAA Privacy Violations Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released two reports detailing the results of reviews conducted to ... Read more
September 30, 2015 VA OIG Investigates Alleged Veterans Privacy Violations The Veteran Affairs Office of the Inspector General (VA OIG) has investigated alleged veterans privacy violations by the Palo Alto Health Care System. In October ... Read more
September 21, 2015 Cancer Care Group HIPAA Settlement Announced The OCR has released details of a Cancer Care Group HIPAA settlement – the Indiana-based oncology private physician practice is to pay $750,000. The security ... Read more
September 17, 2015 Mobile Device Security Risks Explained The use of mobile devices in healthcare offers a myriad of benefits; however there are a number of mobile device security risks that must be ... Read more
September 15, 2015 TigerText: Voted One of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2015 TigerText – a leading vendor of secure messaging solutions for the healthcare industry – has been voted one of the best places to work in ... Read more
September 5, 2015 FDA to Allocate More Resources to Assess High Risk Healthcare Mobile Apps There is considerable potential for mHealth apps to have a positive impact on the care provided to patients, although they also carry a risk of ... Read more
August 27, 2015 New Study Shows Improvements in Diabetes Management by Text Messaging A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research has highlighted improvements in diabetes management by text messaging. Insulin dependent patients must monitor ... Read more
August 20, 2015 ONC Guidance on HIPAA and Interoperability to be Issued New ONC Guidance on HIPAA and Interoperability will be issued this fall according to National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Karen DeSalvo. One of the ... Read more
August 15, 2015 HHS Summary of HIPAA Rules Released HIPAA-covered entities must abide by Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, and the best place to start is with the basics, which are detailed in ... Read more
August 12, 2015 The Rules for Journalists Reporting Protected Health Information Clarified The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), recently clarified the rules for journalists reporting protected health information after a recent media storm following ... Read more
August 11, 2015 Wearables and HIPAA Rules: Are the Devices Covered? There is some confusion about wearables and HIPAA Rules. HIPAA covers much of the data collected by wearable devices, such as heart rate information and ... Read more
August 5, 2015 Serious Drug Pump Security Risk Uncovered Hospira, a manufacturer of drug delivery pumps and medical devices, is the subject of a recent Food and Drug Administration warning about a serious drug ... Read more
July 30, 2015 Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices Healthcare providers operating BYOD schemes, and those that supply Smartphones and other mobile devices to staff, are at risk of suffering a data breach if ... Read more
July 25, 2015 New Hospital Data Security Benchmarking Survey Results Released A new hospital data security benchmarking survey has been released by the American Hospital Association (AHA), with this year’s annual report, the 17th Annual Healthcare’s ... Read more
July 24, 2015 HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes Closer as Cures Bill Passed by House The 21st Century Cures Bill recently went to the vote, and was passed by the House of Representatives by 344 to 77; should the bill ... Read more
July 22, 2015 AHA Opposes HIPAA Health Plan Identifiers The Proposed Rule on HIPAA Health Plan Identifiers was published on September 5, 2012, by the Department of Health and Human Services, which placed a ... Read more
July 18, 2015 BYOD Security Risks Sees Popularity of Schemes Fall Many hailed BYOD as being the answer to hospital communication problems; and while the schemes have proved highly popular; many now see the BYOD security ... Read more
July 15, 2015 Healthcare Big Data Privacy Report Released A new healthcare big data privacy report – compiled by the federal government’s Health IT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Workgroup – has highlighted a ... Read more
July 14, 2015 BCBSA Identity Theft Protection Services Offered to All Plan Members The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has taken a proactive step to prevent its members from having their identities stolen by offering identity theft ... Read more
