Privacy & Security

 More than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right, and their health data should not be available for purchase, survey shows.

The draft publication 800-66 focuses on helping inform the industry about security issues around electronic protected health information.

Health systems in Kansas and Colorado had made sizable bitcoin payments after ransomware attacks. That money has now been recovered by the FBI and will be returned.

An expert in distributed ledger technology dives deep into how blockchain can best be used in healthcare – and dispels some stubborn misconceptions that might be hindering its wider acceptance.

"It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA-covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records," said OCR Director Lisa J. Pino.

As an industry we've bought into the idea for too long that we can simply buy some cybersecurity tools and be safe.

Strategies for protecting clinicians across the industry.

Granular data segmentation and patient-driven consent-management tools are essential when managing interoperability for population health, says Dr. Hannah Galvin, chief medical information officer at Cambridge Health Alliance.

Staff already were familiar with the technology from their smartphones. So far, the health system has not had any downtime, and the technology has operated with 100% reliability.

The tech giant said the update will also apply to places like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters and addiction treatment facilities.