Game Over, Windows XP Holdouts
HIPAA Penalty for Unpatched/Unsupported Software The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that enforces HIPAA announced a $ 150,000 penalty for ...
Beware of Your Vendors
How Your Friends Can Hurt You If a friend gives you Ebola does it matter that you like him? Does it matter ...
Health Care: The FBI and California Attorney General are Calling
In April the FBI issued an alert to health care organizations warning that they were not as secure as ...
HIPAA Guidance for Same-Sex Marriages
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has issued new guidance clarifying HIPAA and same-sex marriages as it relates to the disclosures of health ...
September 2014 HIPAA Update
New HIPAA On-Site & Business Associate Audits Early this year the Office for Civil Rights announced that it would be conducing approximately 400 remote “desk audits” of HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates. The agency said it would be using ...
“Doctor, During Your Physical We Found A Lump”
5 Ways to Prevent Hidden Risks I recently visited a medical practice to conduct a Meaningful Use Security Risk Analysis. They told me their EHR patient records were being backed up offsite ...
Breach of 4.5 million records— More Questions Than Answers
Still, there are lessons to be learned even for small organizations Community Health Systems’ (CHS) recent data breach of 4.5 million ...
How a HIPAA Violation Became Malpractice
5 Myths & Facts every provider needs to know “I used HIPAA to establish the standard of care. Though it might seem a ...
How a HIPAA Violation Became Malpractice
How a HIPAA Violation Became Malpractice 5 Myths & Facts Every Provider Needs to Know A 2013 $ 1.44 million malpractice verdict should get the attention of every doctor and hospital. In a suit against Walgreen’s, attorney Neal Eggeson successfully ...
Does Your Business Associate Agreement Adequately Protect Patient Data?
Trust but Verify: Don’t Get a False Sense of Security from your Business Associates Two recent highly publicized data breaches illustrate the need for ...