Category: Security
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Providers: Be on the lookout for ‘insider’ fraud threats
There are plenty of security threats to worry about when it comes to patients' healthcare information, but you may not have thought of the one possible under your nose–insider threats. Security consultant Mac McMillan warns against this danger and how to combat it in a recent interview with HealthcareInfoSecurity. read more …read more Source: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/providers-be-lookout-insider-fraud-threats/2013-05-28?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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Calif. man gets prison in Medicare fraud plot
A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130525/INFO/305259948
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Live-Tweeting a Surgery: Social Media’s Big Moment in Healthcare?
Many healthcare organizations have struggled to adopt and use social media properly, citing valid concerns over privacy and the patient-provider relationship. Yet there is hope in California, as a live-tweeted surgery shows that organizations such as UCLA Health System are figuring it out 140 characters at a time. This week, I had the pleasure of…
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Threat matrix: Malware and hacking pose dangers to medical devices
The scene from the Showtime series Homeland is tough to watch: The Vice President of the United States, dying slowly as his heart beats faster. His pacemaker – a delicate implanted device, accessed and altered from some distant computer by a terrorist who'd learned its serial number – is going haywire. It could happen, said…
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Hope Hospice Notifies More Than 800 Patients of Data Breach
Officials at the New Braunfels, Tx.-based Hope Hospice have notified 818 patients that through a routine internal compliance audit on February 25, 2013, it discovered a potential security breach after finding an employee had e-mailed a report of recent referral and admission activity to themselves via an unsecured channel on December 27, 2012 and February…
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Brochure: OpenText SecureiX Healthcare
Improve HIPAA compliance through encrypted file transfer and messaging to and from virtually any device and any location Source: Brochure: OpenText SecureiX Healthcare
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HIPAA: Healthcare Transformation To Electronic Communications
This white paper provides a brief overview of HIPAA regulations and how healthcare organizations are using technology to assist with compliance. It discusses network faxing, explores some of the advantages of implementing a network fax solutions to support HIPAA compliance initiatives, and introduces Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition as a flexible tool for improving…
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Brochure: OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service
OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service is a 100% outsourced, cloud-based solution that lets you send and receive messages across multiple modes – SMS, voice, email, and fax. It’s ideal for fraud alerts, product or service updates, invoice reminders, account updates, order status, appointment confirmations, prescription refills, employee scheduling changes, travel notifications, and other communications that need…
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HHS to provide more HIPAA guidance to covered entities
On the heels of concerns that many healthcare providers misunderstand HIPAA, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services plans to offer guidance and technical assistance to covered entities and business associates with concerns about the recently updated omnibus rule. read more
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Anonymous research patients easily re-identified, Harvard researchers find
Researchers from the Data Privacy Lab at Harvard University have shown how easy it is to identify and link anonymous participants in a public DNA study with their personal data. Professor Latanya… read more