Accountable Care Organization participants that are sharing information while collaborating on patient care must keep privacy and security top-of-mind, says Bill Spooner, CIO at Sharp HealthCare, an ACO participant.
Microsoft's announcement that the next version of its web browser would feature "do not track" by default has revived this privacy debate. How should privacy professionals approach this discussion?
At St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in Mississippi, a proactive breach prevention strategy has dramatically reduced privacy violations involving nosy healthcare workers inappropriately accessing medical records.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has reported its second data breach in recent weeks involving an unencrypted mobile device. Find out the details.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is studying use of mobile devices in small healthcare environments. The goal: new mobile security guidance that will be released in 2013.
Will President Obama go around Congress to advance his cybersecurity agenda by issuing an executive order? Cybersecurity Act co-sponsor Sen. Jay Rockefeller encourages the president to do just that.
A new House bill that would let VA doctors treat veterans across state lines via telemedicine opens up questions about how state privacy laws might apply to physicians in the event of a breach.
When two organizations merge, their top security/privacy challenge doesn't necessarily involve technology. Sometimes it's culture, says Christopher Paidhrin of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.
The Blue Button concept has allowed 1 million patients, including U.S. veterans, to securely download their health information. Now the feds want to expand Blue Button capabilities. Here's how.
Google's $22.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is the largest fine ever imposed by the FTC. But the case sends a bigger message about privacy, says attorney Francoise Gilbert.
"Clearly, the market has not developed ... on its own the cybersecurity requirements," John Brennan says. "Of course, if it did, then we wouldn't have these intrusions and the billions of dollars of losses that companies are now writing off."
The federated data model of a long-running Massachusetts HIE has its members safeguarding their own data. Find out the other ways that "pushing" data helps the New England Healthcare Exchange Network protect patient information.
Google will pay $22.5 million to settle FTC charges that it misrepresented its privacy promises to Apple Safari users. The fine is the largest penalty the FTC has ever obtained for violation of one of its orders.
To protect beneficiaries from identity theft, the Medicare program must change its identification cards, a new Government Accountability Office report urges. Find out what GAO recommends.
John Halamka, M.D., CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, describes an 18-month privacy and security compliance effort that includes a focus on mobile device security.
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