Category: Security

In what has become an alarming trend, another healthcare organization suffered a major breach in cyber security. Beacon Health System, in South Bend, Ind., suffered from what it says was a “sophisticated’ phishing attack from November of 2013 to January of this year. In what has become an alarming trend, another healthcare organization suffered a…

The cost of a data breach on the affected company is $3.8 million, a jump of 23 percent from 2013, according to a Ponemon Institute report sponsored by IBM. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/data-breach-costs-rise-23-percent-2013/2015-05-28?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Through an independent investigation on medical infusion pumps, security researcher Billy Rios found security vulnerabilities in the devices, which prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning on the tools. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/independent-researcher-discovers-infusion-pump-security-flaws/2015-05-27?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

There was a very bad practice that was started thanks in large part to EHR software implementations. That practice is called documentation by exception and it’s employed by many (most?) EHR vendors. For those not familiar with documentation by exception, here’s a definition: Charting by exception (CBE) is a shorthand method of documenting normal findings,…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has sent pre-audit screening surveys to covered entities that could be selected to participate in Phase 2 of the HIPAA audit program, OCR has confirmed. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/hhs-office-civil-rights-sends-preliminary-surveys-phase-2-hipaa-audit-progr/2015-05-22?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Top News CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which provides insurance to residents in Maryland and Washington DC, becomes the latest victim of a targeted cyberattack. Carried out in June 2014, the attack was discovered during a system-wide security audit. Hackers gained access to a total of 1.1 million patient records. While Social Security numbers, medical claims, and…

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has been the target of a cyberattack CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which provides insurance to residents in Maryland and Washington DC, is the latest victim of a targeted cyberattack. The attack was carried out in June 2014 but was only just discovered during a system-wide security audit. Hackers gained access to a total…

The following is a guest blog post by Todd Stansfield, Instructional Writer from The Breakaway Group (A Xerox Company). Check out all of the blog posts in the Breakaway Thinking series. Each year the Health Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual conference is the Super Bowl of health IT. No other conference boasts more…

MetroHealth System in Cleveland suffered a data breach that exposed the information of nearly 1,000 patients thanks to malware on three computers. MetroHealth System in Cleveland suffered a data breach that exposed the information of nearly 1,000 patients thanks to malware on three computers. read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/KIx7tFeTBUc/cleveland-health-system-suffers-malware-related-breach       

.@ashishkjha at @UCSF: unambiguous evidence that #HITECH worked to promote hospital #EHR adoption. Now >70% pic.twitter.com/0CJOtoGMS7 — Bob Wachter (@Bob_Wachter) May 7, 2015 I always love a good chart and this one illustrates what those of us in the industry have know for a while. EHR incentive money absolutely increased EHR adoption in hospitals. I…