The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to redouble your organization's breach prevention efforts. After all, no one wants to see their organization's name on the federal breach list.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision not to review a California privacy case involving disclosing medical records to credit agencies appears to help bolster the state's strong medical privacy law.
Healthcare policy advisers, associations and information security professionals are pressing federal regulators to issue long-overdue HIPAA rules as well as more extensive compliance guidance.
The firing of a hospital staff member who inappropriately accessed former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's records sends a strong signal about the importance of protecting patient privacy.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has developed a breach response checklist that others should consider as they create their breach resolution game plans.
The emerging trend of class action lawsuits filed in the wake of major health information breach incidents offers one more incentive to boost breach prevention efforts.
Attitudes about healthcare information security are changing, say three experts who analyzed the results of the Healthcare Information Security Today survey.
Improving mobile device security is one of the top information security priorities for the coming year, according to our new Healthcare Information Security Today survey. And that's not surprising, given the recent surge of interest in tablets, smart phones and other mobile devices.
Medtronic's announcement that it's launching an "in-depth risk/benefit analysis" following an "ethical hack" of one of its insulin pumps is good news. We hope that Medtronic and all other medical device manufacturers launch long-overdue, aggressive efforts to improve medical device safeguards.
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