Compliance & Legal
The health system will invest $5.5 million in new network security improvements and shell out $2 million for class action claims after the hack exposed the data of 4.5 million patients.
Departments no longer spend a month auditing their own systems to comply with an external auditor, and the data that researchers need is highly accessible.
More than 63 percent of laptops have deficiencies of users storing data locally rather than accessing the organization’s programs and data via secure, virtual desktop software, a new report shows.
The agency will continue its resolve to uncover and pursue cases to protect the public from corporate greed, U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan says.
The theme is how health IT community stakeholders can take advantage of collaboration opportunities with 11 key federal agencies.
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law have some strict requirements for compliance, and providers would do well to take note.
Connected care, upskilled workers, tax reform, a Southwest Airlines approach, private equity and the Affordable Care Act all will impact healthcare organizations in 2019, a new PwC report says.
The federal judge in Boston who handed down the sentence called Gottesfeld a "self-aggrandizing menace."
Blockchain
European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, says that, while there are tensions and some uncertainty about how to protect data and use blockchain under GDPR, there are still ways to accomplish it.
Compliance
Two healthcare leaders from Germany offer best practices for assessing privacy and security posture – not just for EU legal requirements, but because it's the right thing to do.