Category: Security
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Secure Business Communications: Protecting Sensitive Data
Information privacy is a constant challenge for organisations. Do you consider your electronic communications to be secure? From: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/doc/secure-business-communications-protecting-sensitive-data-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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University Of Kansas Hospital Increases Efficiency, Reliability, And Security Of Life-Critical Documents With Integrated Solution
hospital saves time, money with OpenText RightFax fax over IP. From: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/doc/university-of-kansas-hospital-increases-efficiency-reliability-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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Leading U.S. Health Provider Directs Secure, Efficient Document Exchange
AllOne Health Resources ensures security, enhances customer service with OpenText RightFax electronic document delivery. From: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/doc/leading-u-s-health-provider-secure-efficient-document-exchange-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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Security specialists say Obamacare glitches not caused by online attack
The New York Times reports that the technical problems plaguing the federal exchange websites are not the work of hackers. Meanwhile, Politico looks at the playful security questions that some state exchanges are using. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131004/Security-specialists-say-Obamacare-glitches-not-caused-by-online-attack.aspx
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St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital Acknowledges Data Breach
St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital, a 50-bed facility in Wisconsin, has notified 629 patients who received treatment from Jan. 1 to Aug. 26 of a data breach that occurred when an unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital, a 50-bed facility in Wisconsin, has notified 629 patients who received treatment from…
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‘Ethical hacker’ calls BYOD a nightmare
With bring your own device policies at healthcare organizations seeing an upward trend across the country, many say there’s good reason to be apprehensive – resistant even – to the BYOD movement. read more From: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ethical-hacker-calls-byod-a-security-nightmare
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More HIPAA enforcement coming
When Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez took the stage Monday to talk HIPAA at the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy and Security Forum, the timing was perfect. read more Source: More HIPAA enforcement coming
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Rice University researchers come up with touch-to-access security for implanted devices
Pacemakers, insulin pumps, defibrillators and other implantable medical devices often have wireless capabilities that allow emergency workers to monitor patients. But these devices have a potential downside: They can be hacked. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130924/Rice-University-researchers-come-up-with-touch-to-access-security-for-implanted-devices.aspx
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The Guidance Begins To Roll Out…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) promised further guidance on some of the changes delivered in the Omnibus Rule earlier this year and this week we have seen this start to roll out. First came the new Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) issued by the OCR on their website to give organizations a template to…
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Ready or not: HIPAA gets tougher today
Leon Rodriguez, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, is a serious looking guy. It would be no stretch to say intimidating, even, as the tall, broad-shouldered director represents the face of the more-stringent-than-ever HIPAA Omnibus Rule – compliance date of Sept. 23. The new rule…