Introduction HIPAA and the Release of Personal Health Information: What You Should Know. Also at the bottom of this article, find where a provider can get HIPAA release form NY. HIPAA is a set of federal laws that govern how health care providers, insurers, employers and other parties may use or disclose an individual’s protected […]
Introduction It’s been a tough few days for Johnson Memorial Hospital. The John Memorial Cyber Attack forced Doctor to use fax machines and scanners to convert their paperwork into digital form this morning. On Saturday, October 2nd the hospital was hit by a cyber attack that left many of its electronic medical records unavailable and […]
Introduction Evernote is a cloud-based app that offers online storage and access to all your notes, as well as other information you might want to save. One of the most popular features is its ability to let you record audio clips and create voice memos. Evernote also allows users to share their notebooks with friends […]
Data breaches at health care systems are on the rise, experts say, and these will become more common in the coming years as more patient data goes digital. Community Health Systems, a large health care group that has 206 hospitals in 29 states, said Monday that a cyberattack originating in China resulted in the theft […]
‘Patient information may be included in the provider’s email account,’ UC Davis officials say An academic medical center in California is notifying patients of a HIPAA breach after officials discovered a physician’s email account had been hacked by an outside source. University of California Davis Health System has notified 1,326 patients that their protected health […]
Cedars-Sinai said it will mail letters to patients identified as being potentially affected by a data breach. Medical records and other data may have been compromised for at least 500 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the hospital said Friday, after an employee’s laptop computer was stolen. The laptop’s hard drive may have […]
The federal and state laws governing data privacy exact severe penalties on organizations that do not implement appropriate data security measures. Make sure you know what’s at stake. AvMed recently paid $3.5 million to settle a data breach lawsuit in which class members could not prove actual damage. Will your organization be next? Plaintiffs’ lawyers, […]
Health Care Systems and Medical Devices at Risk for Increased Cyber Intrusions for Financial Gain Cyber actors will likely increase cyber intrusions against health care systems—to include medical devices—due to mandatory transition from paper to electronic health records (EHR), lax cybersecurity standards, and a higher financial payout for medical records in the black market. The […]
Hospitals and health care providers are ‘easy targets’ according to experts Cyber criminals can make ten times more money hacking someone’s medical information rather than their credit card details, new research has shown. The FBI has warned US health care providers of the new threat after a group of Chinese hackers stole personal information from […]
When talking HIPAA privacy and security, the numbers do most of the talking. Take 29.3 million, for instance, the number of patient health records compromised in a HIPAA data breach since 2009, or 138 percent, the percent jump in the number of health records breached just from 2012. Read more on Healthcare IT news: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hipaa-data-breaches-climb-138-percent
