Category: Security
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Morning Headlines 5/16/14
Medfusion sues Allscripts for breach of contract Medfusion files a breach of contract lawsuit against Allscripts because the company acquired and then began marketing a competing patient portal system while it still had an active contract to resell the Medfusion patient portal. Allscripts announced the acquisition at the start of HIMSS 2013, giving “virtually no…
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Judge dismisses defense department data breach lawsuit
A federal district judge dismissed much of a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Defense, its TRICARE insurance program and Science Applications International Corp. over a massive 2011 data breach. read more …read more
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Demystifying the Cloud
0 I believe there is a HIPAA fear still out there which the term “Cloud” has created. It gives the impression that the data is going somewhere…up there in the mist. With virtualization many data centers are finding it extremely easy to decrease the number of racks and hardware, while adding blade servers and increasing…
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Experts: Holy Grail ahead in mHealth but hurdles remain
The evolution of mHealth apps and devices is bringing a bucketful of benefits to consumers, patients, providers and payers, as one notable industry expert recently related. But the bounty comes with hurdles and huge challenges, such as needed data security investment, new privacy regulations and how to push mHealth past the point of being about…
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FTC mobile health privacy revelations deserve more attention
A new Federal Trade Commission study reveals that data sharing from mobile health and fitness apps to third-party services providers is taking place, yet there seems to be little public outrage over the trend. read more …read more
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Baylor All Saints Notifies Patients of HIPAA Breach
Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas has notified numerous obstetrical care patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been stolen by an employee of a partner physician practice. Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas has notified numerous obstetrical care patients that their protected health information (PHI) may…
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NPS MedicineWise welcomes ABC’s decision to take down Catalyst program on statins, heart disease
NPS MedicineWise has welcomed the ABC’s ruling — published today — that its Catalyst program aired in October 2013 on statins and heart disease breached its own standards on impartiality. …read more
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Monday Morning Update 5/12/14
Top News Catholic Health Initiatives files a lawsuit against an unknown hacker, hoping to convince Microsoft to turn over the identities behind several of its email accounts that were used to breach CHI’s systems from Pakistan. The John Doe hacker redirected internal emails to his or her own account and took control of some of…
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Morning Headlines 5/12/14
Catholic hospitals suffer second data breach this year Catholic Health Initiatives sues an unknown Pakistan-based hacker that compromised its network in hopes that it can then convince Microsoft to release the true name behind the outlook email account that was used in the attacks. Insurance CEO: Shut down Hawaii health exchange The CEO of Hawaii’s…
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Protecting Patient Data: Are Healthcare Providers Prepared?
0 At a time of some highly publicized security breaches that have been reported in the media, it’s fair to ask how well prepared are healthcare provider organizations that store vast amounts of personal health information. If the answer is that there is room for improvement, how can cloud service providers improve the picture? A…