Privacy & Security
Organizations need to engage legal help to assist their CEOs to make smart decisions and improve breach responses, the research firm states.
Only healthcare organizations that can identify, quantify and operationalize risk will be successful.
Despite Trump health policy chaos, hospitals can count on more HIPAA audits and fines, privacy lawy…
Pamela Hepp predicts that Congress will not ultimately repeal the ACA. But even as Republicans look to shrink government, they are historically strong on enforcement -- and HIPAA will not be an exception.
Internet-hosted users of the company’s Intergy EHR platform may experience limited activity as a result of the cyberattack, officials said.
Chief information officers typically underestimate the number of apps in use by about 900 or so, creating opportunities for lurking hackers.
The OCR director stressed the importance of interoperability and protecting patient data during his Thursday morning session at Health Datapalooza.
Two new reports from Symantec and Verizon say hackers are using ransomware and phishing attacks to target the industry.
"The stagnation of women’s participation in the workforce is noteworthy because the workforce gap continues to grow," according to the 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study.
The MacBook, which was not encrypted or password-protected, contained emails with names, medical record numbers, partial address information, medications and more.
Although only the breach only affected 1,391 patients, the size of the fine reflects the organization’s failure to implement HIPAA Security Rule policies and procedures.