Five members of Congress have sent a bipartisan letter to the director of TRICARE, the military health program, asking detailed questions about a recent breach that affected 4.9 million beneficiaries.
Physician group practices, many of which are adopting their first electronic health record system, need to make staff training on privacy and security issues a top priority, says Susan Turney, M.D., the new CEO at the Medical Group Management Association.
Hospitals and physicians that qualify for Stage 1 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program this year will have extra time to comply with Stage 2 requirements, which are expected to include tougher privacy and security guidelines.
Facebook promises to give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established.
A wave of security breaches serves as a catalyst for all types of organizations to assess the need for cyber insurance. Here's the story of one institution that saw the threat and took out a $10 million policy.
Unfortunately, says Ken Vander Wal, most organizations have done little to address security in their policies and procedures regarding BYOD, which is changing the ways companies address user behavior and risk.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is providing billions of dollars in financial incentives for healthcare organizations to adopt electronic health records, needs an information technology upgrade of its own, according to a new report.
Ramped up HIPAA enforcement is a big reason behind the No. 1 information security priority for the coming year: improving regulatory compliance, says attorney Adam Greene.
A group of state health information exchange organizers and technology vendors has developed a set of technical specifications designed to standardize securely connecting electronic health records to health information exchanges.
Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into a new practice in which credit agencies keep estimates of individuals' personal information such as medication use and personal income from consumers.
Improving regulatory compliance efforts is the No. 1 information security priority for healthcare organizations in the year ahead. That's a key finding of the inaugural Healthcare Information Security Today survey.
Accountable Care Organizations that will be formed to coordinate treatment of some Medicare patients must take steps to comply with HIPAA - as well as additional privacy requirements - as they share patient data among participating providers, says security expert Rebecca Herold.
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