A Florida hospital is notifying approximately 40,000 of its emergency room patients about a breach incident involving stolen paper records that it believes might have affected about 1,500 of those patients.
This week's top news and views: Health Net Fined Again for Breach; Assessing Whether Congress Will Alter HITECH Plans; Palm Scans as a Fraud Preventer.
The news that Health Net has now been fined twice in connection with a health information breach incident is a wakeup call for breach prevention action.
Hospitals and clinics need to take a methodical approach to privacy and security as they prepare to qualify for electronic health records incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid under the HITECH Act, security adviser Phyllis Patrick says.
An advocacy group is using the results of a new consumer survey to help bolster its case for giving patients a clear-cut right to determine who can view their electronic health records.
The American Medical Association has adopted a new policy offering guidelines on physician use of social media that calls for refraining from posting identifiable patient information online to protect privacy.
Cloud computing has drawn a great deal of attention as a way to reduce IT costs in healthcare. But are the companies that offer cloud computing well-prepared to meet the HIPAA privacy and security requirements?
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Because the HITECH Act's breach notification rule includes a safe harbor that exempts the reporting of breaches if the data involved was properly encrypted, many organizations are investigating whether to make wider use of encryption.
But healthcare organizations need to develop a better understanding of how...
In 2011, hospitals and physicians can apply for HITECH Act incentive payments for using certified electronic health records software.
To be certified as qualifying for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive program, EHR software must have numerous security capabilities that, until now, have often been missing from...
The Mayo Clinic recently fired six employees for inappropriately accessing one patient's records. The high-profile announcement helped call attention to the need to address internal threats and set policies for dealing with privacy violations as part of a HIPAA and HITECH Act compliance strategy.
Until now, many...
Healthcare organizations need to develop a better understanding of how encryption fits as one of many components in a broad security strategy, says Mac McMillan, CEO at CynergisTek.
Hospitals and clinics that have yet to conduct a risk assessment or create a substantial information security budget should consider the high cost of breaches.
The new Congress likely won't cut EHR incentive funding, but it will keep a close eye on emerging HITECH Act privacy and security regulations, observers say.
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