Category: Security

Many technical, administrative and legal hurdles remain for covered entities and business associates working to meet compliance standards by next month under the HIPAA omnibus final rule, according to a viewpoint published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. read more Source: 4 HIPAA compliance challenges facing covered entities

Most Americans in a new survey were concerned about a data breach of their personal health information–and the greater the concern, the more likely they were to withhold some information from their… read more Source: Patients most worried about unauthorized access when PHI is faxed

Advocate Medical Group (AMG), part of the not-for-profit Downers Grove, Ill.-based integrated healthcare network, Advocate Health Care, had one of its administrative offices robbed in July, and computers with protected health information (PHI) were taken. Advocate Medical Group (AMG), part of the not-for-profit Downers Grove, Ill.-based integrated healthcare network, Advocate Health Care, had one of…

In the second biggest HIPAA breach ever reported, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems is notifying more than four million patients that their protected health information and Social Security numbers have been compromised after the theft of four unencrypted company computers. read more Source: Behemoth breach sounds alarm for 4M

The non-profit Center for Internet Security (CIS) has announced a new initiative to help bolster the protection of Internet-enabled medical devices from cyber attacks. CIS is working with medical device manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and cyber security experts to develop new security benchmarks. The non-profit Center for Internet Security (CIS) has announced a new initiative to…

News From Around the Web > CVS Caremark's ExtraCare rewards program strips patients of privacy protection by encouraging people to allow their prescription information to be shared in exchange… read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/cvs-caremark-rewards-program-strips-patients-privacy-protections-new-york-d/2013-08-21?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

In recent months, President Obama and his subordinates have waived or delayed a number of Obamacare’s notable features, such as the law’s employer mandate, and its procedures for protecting taxpayers from fraud and identity theft. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130821/Viewpoints-Republican-patient-takes-GOP-health-message-to-task3b-the-deadlines-the-administration-has-missed.aspx

The non-profit Center for Internet Security has announced that it is developing guidelines on securing Internet-enabled medical devices, beginning with insulin pumps, and plans to release them by the end of the year. read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/non-profit-develop-security-guidelines-internet-enabled-medical-devices/2013-08-20?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

The non-profit Center for Internet Security has announced that it is developing guidelines on securing Internet-enabled medical devices, beginning with insulin pumps, and plans to release them by the end of the year. read more Source: Non-profit to develop security guidelines for Internet-enabled med devices

DoctorBase.com has announced the release of the latest iteration of its cloud-based, mobile medical software, Panda 6. This latest release enters the market with integrations to 14 legacy patient portals and extensive enhancements to its HIPAA-compliant secure mobile messaging platform that achieved 12.5% patient usage in extensive beta trials. “Since the release of Stage 2…