By Tom Toperczer – Criminal attacks are the leading cause of PHI reaches, according to a Ponemon Institute study. Breaches cost the healthcare industry $6.2B in 2016, while HIPAA Security and Privacy rule violation penalties for providers range from $50,000 per breach incident up to $1.5M.
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By Frank Fortner – As I write this, the new administration is a little more than two weeks into its term, and many are rightly wondering what the impact will be across the industry as new leaders in key policymaking positions are taking aim at the ACA.
By Bob Grant – The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced that NY Presbyterian Hospital would be required to pay a $2.2M settlement after the “egregious disclosure” of two patients’ protected health information. NYP allowed an ABC film crew and staff from the show “NY Med” to film two patients, one of whom was dying, and another experiencing serious distress.
By John Halamka MD – In my 20 years as a CIO, my expertise has evolved to include infrastructure provisioning, software architecture, strategic planning, mobile application advocacy and cloud procurement. However, in recent years, my focus has been guided by privacy and security risk mitigation.
By Matt Patterson MD – There is broad agreement that the U.S. healthcare system must focus on improving overall care quality and cost efficiency. The pressures imposed on the system by the Affordable Care Act make this need abundantly clear.
Last Tuesday the ONC released results of a two year survey gauging issues of privacy and security of personal health information. The survey concludes that a majority of patients want their providers to use EHRs despite concerns.
By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions The HIPAA Security Rules allow you to communicate with emails that include Protected Health Information as long as the patient…
Many Social Networking Sites Lack Enough Information for Users to Make Privacy-sensitive Decisions In an open perspective article published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics…
Rise in Cyber Security Threats Leads to Increased Industry Awareness The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) collaborates with healthcare providers, businesses and technology and IT…