Compliance & Legal

Multi-agency collaboration aim to help app developers stay aware of consumer privacy and safety protections, while still enabling innovation, officials say.

The healthcare industry appears to have successfully withstood the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. But are the sighs of relief premature? Is another shoe waiting to drop?

It's now easier than ever for criminals to get into hospital networks, and ransomware is on the rise. Cybersecurity experts offer advice to help hospitals beat back the hackers.

With the recent surge in ransomware attacks, cybersecurity is a top priority for healthcare organizations across the nation.

The Samsam and Maktub Locker malicious code programs attack vulnerable patches and spread to all systems connected to a network.  

Now the question is whether cyber criminals could someday emulate that approach to access encrypted patient data.

Arguing that too many well-meaning providers are facing financial penalties from meaningful use, the American Hospital Association called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week to offer more flexibility.

Physicians are embracing electronic prescribing more rapidly than ever before, according to new data from Surescripts – especially in New York.

The Office for Civil Rights has launched a new round of HIPAA audits. Will the program succeed in improving privacy and security practices and protecting patient data? Or could it have the opposite impact?  

The I-STOP legislation, first passed in 2012, aims to combat controlled substance abuse. A provision set to take effect at the end of this month requires doctors to prescribe almost everything electronically.