Category: Security

A breach of state privacy law could cost Stanford Hospital & Clinics and one of its former contractors more than $4 million after medical information of 20,000 emergency room patients was posted… read more …read more    

Chronically ill adults who reported food insecurity in their household (not having consistent access to food due to lack of financial stability) were significantly more likely to report cost-related medication underuse, according to a new study in The American Journal of Medicine,. The term cost-related medication underuse refers to taking less medication than prescribed, or…

HealthSource of Ohio, a community health center in Southwest Ohio, has announced that the protected health information of 8,800 patients was accessible on the internet for more than a month. HealthSource of Ohio, a community health center in Southwest Ohio, has announced that the protected health information of 8,800 patients was accessible on the internet…

As 2014 kicks into full gear, what topics elicit fear and frustration among health CIOs? Bonnie Siegel, a healthcare IT recruiter for Witt/Kieffer, shared some of her takeaways from discussions with CIOs at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ CIO Forum in Orlando, Fla. read more …read more    

Without question, BYOD, or “bring your own device,” offers benefits to both healthcare employees and employers. It also presents security issues. The benefits of BYOD are luring. To name a few, users are familiar and comfortable with their own devices, which increases productivity. No training is required. And employees provide the latest devices, saving hospitals…

In an effort to simplify the task of signing in to its hospital network for its clinicians, Fletcher Allen Health Care, a 562-bed academic medical center in Burlington, Vt., is in the process of rolling out a single sign-on system that speeds up access, while providing more flexibility as well as security. John McConnell, the…

Last year’s Target data breach, in which up to 110 million credit card numbers were stolen from the company’s network, wasn’t an isolated event or tough luck for one company and its customers. The fact is, such a data breach could happen to any organization, including hospitals and health systems. Check out these three strategies…

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), a Frisco, Texas-based group that created a common security framework (CSF) for the healthcare industry, will be working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer free monthly briefings on best practices in information security. The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), a Frisco, Texas-based group that…

Although employee negligence, such as a lost laptop, continues to be at the root of most data breaches, criminal attacks on hospitals are on the increase, warns the Ponemon Institute’s Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security. The Ponemon Institute’s Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security highlights some…