The New Mexico Human Services Department is notifying about 9,600 Medicaid enrollees about a breach stemming from the theft of car with an unencrypted laptop in its trunk.
The new federal HIPAA privacy and security rule compliance audits of healthcare organizations and their business associates likely will start later this year once a report on a model for the program is completed, a key federal privacy official says.
Federal HIPAA privacy and security rule compliance audits of healthcare organizations and their business associates likely will start later this year, says Susan McAndrew, deputy director for privacy in the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
Before healthcare organizations can prepare to comply with the HITECH breach notification rule, they must understand its complex details. In an exclusive interview, attorney Deven McGraw sorts through the major provisions in laymen's terms.
She provides detailed guidance on:
The definition of the term...
The shock value of the more than 75 major healthcare information breaches reported to federal authorities so far could be a catalyst for increased funding for security at hospitals and clinics.
The list of major healthcare breaches reported to federal authorities now stands at 77, with about 70 percent stemming from the theft or loss of a computer device or paper records.
Two February incidents are among those recently added to the federal tally of major healthcare breaches. One involves a laptop theft; the other the loss of DVDs.
About 89 percent of healthcare organizations say users have too much access to information resources that are not pertinent to their roles, a new small survey shows.
A suburban Chicago emergency physician group is alerting 180,000 patients about a breach stemming from the theft of an unencrypted portable hard drive at a billing service.
Reacting to physician demand, one of the nation's largest malpractice insurers now offers coverage of expenses associated with healthcare information breaches.
In an exclusive interview, Bill Fleming, assistant vice president at The Doctors Company, describes the new Cyberguard program, which provides coverage of...
Federal regulators are seeking advice and insights as they prepare to tackle the tough challenge of writing a rule enabling patients to receive an accounting of who has viewed their electronic health records.
The most difficult part of complying with the HITECH breach notification rule is determining whether a breach poses enough of a threat of harm to merit reporting it.
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