Category: Security
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N.J. doctor sentenced for attempted murder, fraud
A northern New Jersey doctor was sentenced Friday to nine years in state prison after he admitted to hiring a hit man to kill his lover and a former business partner, authorities said.
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Painful side effects
Abuse of prescription painkillers causes more fatalities than heroin and cocaine combined. Yet efforts to stop the Medicare fraud that puts drugs on the black market aren’t working as they should.
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NY, NJ area cardiologist admits record $19M fraud
A cardiologist with offices in New York City and New Jersey has admitted taking part in a scheme that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and treatment and resulted in $19 million in bogus bills, the largest case of healthcare fraud…
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HITRUST Releases New Guidance for Healthcare Organizations to Assess Cybersecurity Preparedness
In response to heightened awareness and concerns about cyber threats, attacks and incidents, the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced today new guidance for healthcare organizations wanting to assess the state of their cybersecurity preparedness. The guidance identifies an appropriate subset of controls within the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) that are most directly related…
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Securing Social Media For Healthcare
Social media sites—such as Facebook and Twitter—can be a tempting outlet for healthcare employees to discuss patient information that should be private. Breaches of information security and patient privacy may or not be intentional, and they can be committed by an employee, a contractor, a temporary employee, or an external party. However, the repercussions to…
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Stolen laptop incidents put info for 13,000 patients at risk
Personal information for nearly 13,000 patients at healthcare facilities in North and South Carolina was put in jeopardy in two separate laptop thefts announced last week. The thefts are the latest in a string of potential patient data breaches announced in recent weeks. read more
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Commencement at Columbia University
I recently spoke at Columbia University to the graduates of their healthcare IT certificate program. I used these slides. I started with an overview of my top 10 buzzwords for 2013 describing a strategy for each of them: Secure and Compliant – BIDMC has a multi-million dollar security enhancement program with 14 work streams Hosted…
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Breach Notification: Omnibus Style
Under the Omnibus Rule, breach notification received more than just a face-lift. The new rule went into effect on March 26, 2013 so Covered Entities and Business Associates alike should have updated their incident response and notification procedures in preparation. Under the Omnibus Rule, breach notification received more than just a face-lift. The new rule…
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Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program — the military’s health care system.
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Hospice Breach Affects More Than 5,000 Patients
Hospice of Alamance Caswell and LifePath Home Health have notified approximately 5,370 current and past patients, or their next of kin, about a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information after an incident occurred at their office. Hospice of Alamance Caswell and LifePath Home Health have notified approximately 5,370 current and past patients, or…