Category: Security

The five-hospital Riverside Health System in Newport News, Va. has announced it has discovered a security breach involving an employee who had inappropriately accessed 919 medical records spanning September 2009 through October 2013. The five-hospital Riverside Health System in Newport News, Va. has announced it has discovered a security breach involving an employee who had…

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts Leon Rodriguez, director of the Office for Civil Rights of HHS, will be nominated to take over as the Department of Homeland Security’s director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Other new NC laws taking effect with the new year In North Carolina, a law that…

Top News President Obama announces that he will nominate Leon Rodriguez, director of the Office for Civil Rights of HHS that enforces HIPAA, for Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security. Reader Comments Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters From DZA MD: “Re: Baystate Medical Center. Cerner PowerChart crippled with record inpatient census…

In the world of HIPAA privacy and security breaches, 2013 was a big year, and the last days of December proved no exception. The five-hospital Riverside Health System in southeast Virginia announced earlier this week that close to 1,000 of its patients are being notified of a privacy breach that continued for four years. read…

A stolen unencrypted thumb drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,200 individuals has cost a dermatology practice $150,000 following a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A stolen unencrypted thumb drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,200 individuals has cost a dermatology practice…

Due to the wealth of data in the industry that can be monetized by cyber criminals, healthcare organizations are now increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime. A 20-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community discusses why healthcare is so open to cybercrime, and strategies organizations can take to stop the criminal activity. In healthcare, the access to…

In the 1960s science fiction television series Star Trek, a medical “tricorder” was used by Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy to diagnose diseases and collect bodily information about a patient. Now, an Illinois man is in legal hot water, facing charges in a $25 million fraud scheme for peddling a nonexistent telemedicine computer tablet named after…

An unencrypted USB drive has ended up costing one dermatology practice, which has settled with the Department of Health and Human Services for failing to address HITECH’s breach notification provisions. read more …read more

In this year-end Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with David Holtzman, vice president of privacy and security compliance at CynergisTek, about the top trends in healthcare data security in 2013. In this year-end Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with David Holtzman, vice president of privacy and security compliance at…

The Associated Press examines concerns that young people may not sign up for coverage as part of the law, while other news organizations report on a new poll, some of the problems insurers face and security issues. …read more