HealthcareInfoSecurity.com Week in Review for Friday, Nov. 19, 2010

This week's top news and views: AvMed Sued Over Laptop Breach; National Claims Database Debated; Uniform Privacy Code Vital for HIEs.Here's what you'll find in our review of some of HealthcareInfoSecurity.com's most compelling content from the past week:

• A class action lawsuit has been filed against AvMed Health Plan in the aftermath of a healthcare information breach affecting 1.2 million.
• A federal agency has delayed plans for a national healthcare claims database to consider consumer advocates' security concerns.
• Richard Gibson, M.D., calls for a national model for state laws on patient privacy issues as a way to help ensure the success of heath information exchanges.

Please listen to this roundup and check out all of the week's news and views at HealthcareInfoSecurity.com.