Privacy advocates are hoping pending revisions in the HITECH Act breach notification rule will lead to the dropping of a controversial 'harm standard.'
The official federal tally of major healthcare information breaches is now "new and improved," with a searchable format and the names of private practices revealed.
We're watching to see whether a "tiger team" formed to advise regulators on healthcare privacy and security issues will speed up federal policy development and turn into more than a short-term effort.
Faced with a batch of bad publicity about healthcare information security, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an effort to help polish its image.
Federal regulators soon will fix one of the problems with the official tally of major healthcare breaches. The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services will begin naming the names of solo practitioners that have major breaches, rather than listing them only as "private practice." And...
When will federal regulators draft long-awaited privacy and security rules for personal health records? So far, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services are being tight-lipped on the subject. Asked about the status of the rules, which, under the HITECH Act, were due in February, an HHS spokesman would...
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