Physician group practices acquiring their first electronic health records system need to take several critical steps, including conducting a risk assessment, to ensure security.
Privacy advocates are hoping pending revisions in the HITECH Act breach notification rule will lead to the dropping of a controversial 'harm standard.'
Two final rules for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive program, both of which have security components, have been posted on the Federal Register.
To avoid paying tougher penalties, healthcare organizations and their business associates need to begin preparing now to comply with the proposed modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules, says security expert Tom Walsh.
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. has agreed to pay a $1 million fine and take corrective action to settle charges that it violated federal regulations when some of its stores improperly disposed of prescription information in dumpsters.
A unencrypted laptop containing personal information on about 21,000 patients --including Social Security numbers -- was stolen at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia.
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