A proposal to revamp the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules does a good job of hammering home the message that business associates and their subcontractors must comply with the updated rules, security experts say.
Patients would get stronger rights to obtain their health information and restrict who can access and use it under a proposal to revamp the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules.
The nation's healthcare information exchanges must focus on privacy and security as they develop new functions and features, says Irene Koch, executive director of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange.
Two recent healthcare information breaches illustrate that even routine business processes, like throwing away old filing cabinets or mailing letters, can be risky.
Federal regulators have unveiled major proposed revisions to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules that were due more than four months ago.
The National Cybersecurity Alliance's Michael Kaiser believes young people would seriously consider careers in IT security if they met role models like chief information security officers found throughout the country.
A 234-page proposal to significantly update the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules is designed to ensure that patients' rights are protected as more health records are digitized and exchanged.
Those involved in forming health information exchanges recently got yet another reminder that they had better pay serious attention to privacy and security.
Insurer Health Net will pay $250,000 in damages and offer stronger consumer protections to settle a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal over a breach in 2009.
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