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Hospitals and physicians should ask detailed, probing questions about security when considering whether to work with a vendor offering a remotely hosted electronic health records system.
Projects in Cincinnati and Detroit are the final additions to the list of those that will receive a total of $250 million in federal grants for the secure sharing of healthcare information among organizations.
Lessons learned from the competitions should help the government and business develop programs to identify, train and recruit cybersecurity specialists, U.S. Cyber Challenge Director Karen Evans says.
In an unusual breach incident, the Social Security numbers, gender and dates of birth for about 22,000 retired Delaware state employees were posted for five days on a state website.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office serves as a reminder that the physical cannot be safeguarded effectively without help from the virtual.
Healthcare organizations need to broaden their efforts to educate staff about privacy and security issues to include warnings about inappropriate uses of social media, a Harvard professor advises.
Interview with Kim Peretti of Pricewaterhouse Coopers: Are the courts taking a more severe sentencing approach to cybercrimes related to identity theft?
Electronic health records software vendors can begin applying for certification of their applications as qualifying for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program now that two certifiers have been selected.
Educating staff about keeping protected health information off social media should be a high priority, much like education about sexual harassment, discrimination or any other behavior with zero tolerance.
Debbie Christofferson has worked in IT and information security for many years. And if there's anything she's learned about risk management, it's this: It's all about risk. "All of your decisions about information security should be based on risk to the organization."
All insurance companies doing business in Connecticut now must report information breaches to state authorities within five calendar days, even if the data involved was encrypted.
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