Breaches can stem from a number of lesser-known causes, ranging from information left on the hard drives on leased copy machines to documents left in filing cabinets donated for resale.
A federal advisory group is fine-tuning a number of recommendations for improving the security of health information exchanges, including mandating encryption in certain cases.
Among the major healthcare breach incidents recently added to a federal tally is one stemming from the theft of an unencrypted external hard drive at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
A North Carolina urgent care center has paid a $50,000 settlement because its patient information was disposed of in a dumpster last year in violation of state law.
With risk management increasingly recognized as a core competency, the role of the chief information risk officer (CIRO) emerges as a new, strategic opportunity for security leaders.
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.
Healthcare information breaches have many causes. A New York hospital, for example, discovered that an envelope stuffing machine was placing two bills in each envelope.
The American Medical Association and two other physician associations have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule to doctors.
When it comes to sizing up healthcare information security risks, peer-to-peer networks, designed for sharing music and videos, probably aren't on the priority list. But perhaps they should be.
Veterans Affairs CIO tells a House panel that the VA has taken significant steps to prevent further IT security breaches that have plagued the agency, but auditors testify that the department faces alarming consequences because of a lack of security controls.
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