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.
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.
Federal regulators have published a final rule carrying out the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits the use of genetic information to make decisions about health insurance and employment.
The health record bank model offers a good method for patients to control who can access their records, says Jesus Hernandez, who's leading an effort to test the model.
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.
Healthcare organizations offering free Wi-Fi service to patients and guests need to take multiple security steps, says security expert Christopher Paidhrin
The possibility grows that hackers could take away control of the car from drivers as more automakers provide vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications networks to third-party development.
"The effort with which an organization can recognize, analyze and respond to an incident will limit the damage and lower the cost of recovery," says Don Weber, former incident response professional at IBM.
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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