Tag: protect-patient
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Built-in Protection In Laptop PCs Improves Compliance With New Healthcare Rules
In the healthcare industry, keeping patient data secure is not just a challenge, it is a legal necessity. Loss and theft of laptops makes sensitive data vulnerable. Worse, an unauthorized user might use a lost or stolen laptop to access the hospital’s computer systems. Healthcare organizations must also comply with increasingly stringent regulations, such as…
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Lax EHR security leads to patient lawsuit against hospital
A former patient of Florida's Adventist Health System has filed a lawsuit against the provider for failing to protect patient data contained in its electronic health record system. read more
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HIT Policy Committee approves info exchange security recommendations
The health IT industry may have a better idea of how health information exchanges can protect patient data after ONC's Health IT Policy Committee approved several recommendations from its Privacy and Security Tiger Team last week. read more