According to a report produced by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), there has been little progress in reducing the amount of healthcare related data breaches. A close look at the HHS data reveals that since 2009 the industry has experienced 495 breaches involving 21 million records at an estimated cost of $4 billion. With...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is criticizing CMS’ oversight of the Meaningful Use incentive program. They worry that CMS might be paying organizations who do not qualify for Meaningful Use incentives. This study is an early assessment of CMS’s oversight of the Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, for which CMS estimates it...
When people think of the HIPAA Security Rule many think about protecting the privacy / confidentiality of patient information. Privacy is a major part of HIPAA security but also ensuring the availability of patient information is equally important. Let’s take a look at the HIPAA Security General Rules: § 164.306 Security standards: General rules. (a)...
We write a lot about protecting patient information and HIPAA security. It is widely known that over 20 million patient records have been breached in the past few years. Have you ever thought about some of the consequences of breach medical information? We came across a very interesting blog article over at 403 Blogs. 403...
Below is an awesome testimonial from David Grossman, M.D. at Main Line Emergency Medicine Associates (MLEMA) I am the Compliance officer, for Main Line Emergency Medicine Associates (MLEMA), We are an emergency medicine practice, conducting provider services for Main Line Health hospitals, in southeasternPennsylvania. In February, 2012, our practice decided to get Breach insurance and...
We are very excited to announce that Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange (HPIX) and HIPAA Secure Now! have created a partnership to provide HIPAA risk assessments to all of HPIX clients. HPIX will pay for the risk assessment and provide the service free to their clients. HPIX will utilize our HIPAA Secure Now! service to perform...
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) was handed a $1.7 million fine by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The fine is one of the largest imposed on an organization. A closer look reveals why the fine was so large. Healthcare Info Security gives an in-depth look at the fine. The Alaska...
OCR released the details of the HIPAA audit protocol. There aren’t a lot of surprises in their list of items they look for during an audit. The protocol looks like a summary of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules with the addition of the Breach Notification Rule. There are 77 items for HIPAA Security and...
We wrote about LinkedIn having 6 million passwords stolen. eHarmony has also been a victim of 1.5 million passwords being stolen. The clear message here is that if these large websites can be victims of cyber-criminals, much smaller organizations stand little chance in defending its information. Both LinkedIn and eHarmony are well funded companies that...
By now you may have heard about the 6 million passwords that were stolen from LinkedIn. The passwords were posted on a Russian online forum. The passwords were encrypted but through the use of password cracking programs many of the passwords have been cracked. An article over at IT security company Qualys goes into details...
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