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Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 03:52 pm | May 11, 2017
Former NSA officer’s advice? Close ports that don’t need to be opened, make sure access points are open only to those who need the access.
Privacy & Security
By Tom Sullivan | 02:59 pm | May 11, 2017
Kaiser Permanente chief technology risk officer shared predictions for 2017 and touches on the security issues likely to persist into 2018 at the Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 12:37 pm | May 11, 2017
Officials at New Jersey Diamond Institute for Fertility and Menopause say they don’t know when the initial breach began.
By Gus Venditto | 05:06 pm | May 10, 2017
A directive to HHS calls for a national standard on how patients are matched with their health records.
By Bernie Monegain | 04:49 pm | May 10, 2017
Platform designed to support EHRs, ERP systems, workforce management systems, precision medicine platforms, and picture archive and communication systems.
By Susan Morse | 04:25 pm | May 10, 2017
Patient was arrested for showing a fake Social Security card, but Texas health system was still held liable for releasing name.  
By Tom Sullivan and Jessica Davis | 10:51 am | May 10, 2017
There has to be a more sustainable way to get hospitals to put information security controls in place than taking millions out of operating budgets.
By Tom Sullivan | 03:00 pm | May 09, 2017
Harrisburg Gastroenterology said suspicious system activity triggered discovery that an unauthorized person could have accessed patient data.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:42 pm | May 09, 2017
Cause of  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center breach tied to misconfigured rsync backup that was managed by iHealth Innovations.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:47 am | May 09, 2017
Barracuda survey finds the bulk of users are relying on third parties to safeguard their files.