By Art Gross – A recent study by the Ponemon Institute calculated the cost of a healthcare related data breach to be $363 per record. This was the highest amount across all industries. A financial data breach cost $215 per record and a retail data breach cost $165 per record.
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By Steve Spearman – Access controls are mechanisms that appropriately limit access to resources. Having and maintaining access controls are a critical and required aspect of HIPAA compliance, They also help authenticate and ensure the integrity of your EHR,
By Mike Semel – Don’t believe “We’re from the government and we are here to help you.” After a data breach in 2006 the FTC settled with ChoicePoint for $ 10 million and a 20-year monitored compliance program. Twenty-Years! In 2012 a company that had a HIPAA data breach was forced out of the state for two years by the Minnesota Attorney General.
By Steve Spearman – This past summer, the state of Colorado’s Medicaid program, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), accidentally sent letters containing PHI to the wrong addresses, affecting individuals from 1,069 households.
By Jonathan Krasner – We are all well aware of the epidemic of large data breaches that have been occurring recently. Anthem, Blue Cross, UCLA, the list goes on and on. Over 143 million records breached to date – an astounding figure! Since 2009, when the Office of Civil Rights “Wall of Shame” came into existence, there have been over 1,200 breaches of 500 records or more that have been reported.
By Lee Kim – Data breaches are happening with increasing frequency. There may even be breaches that have occurred, which you may not have heard about. Many companies rely on their attorneys to help them make the decision on whether or not to report a breach.
Data Breaches Remain in the News and the Debate Around How Best to Secure Data Rages By Donna Cusano, Editor In Chief of Telehealth & Telecare…
4.5 Million Records Hacked By Donna Cusano, Editor In Chief of Telehealth & Telecare Aware Earlier this year [TTA 23 Apr] I commented on the fourth…
Why Would Hackers be Interested in Medical Data? By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity No doubt, security is always a top concern when handling…