Compliance

February 22, 2016

Hospital Ransomware Attack Concerns Security Professionals

A hospital ransomware attack netted one cybercriminal gang $17,000 last week, with the ransom demand paid in the untraceable Bitcoin currency. An employee of Hollywood ...

February 11, 2016

Hacking Now the Main Cause of Healthcare Data Breaches

A new report recently published by IT security firm Redspin shows the main cause of healthcare data breaches in 2015 was hacking. 2015 was not ...

February 5, 2016

HIPAA Cybersecurity Standards Not Adhered to By Law Firms

According to a new survey conducted by Legal Workspace, many law firms are not adhering to HIPAA cybersecurity standards and are not keeping protected health ...

January 12, 2016

Healthcare Data Breach Litigation Case Has Standing Based on Data Exposure Alone

Healthcare data breach litigation usually requires plaintiffs to provide evidence that a breach of their Protected Health Information (PHI) has resulted in them coming to ...

December 30, 2015

Business Associate HIPAA Compliance to Be Tested By OCR

The next round of OCR HIPAA compliance audits is penciled in to start in the first quarter of 2016. While the audits have been much ...

December 28, 2015

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2015

The financial sector and retail industries have suffered the largest data breaches over the past couple of years, but 2015 was without doubt the year ...

December 11, 2015

The State Attorney General HIPAA Fines Continue

State attorney general HIPAA fines continue to be issued, as the University of Rochester Medical Center agrees to pay a HIPAA settlement of $15,000 for ...

December 2, 2015

Lahey Hospital HIPAA Breach Settlement Agreed with OCR

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center following an investigation ...

November 20, 2015

Breaches of PHI Are Not Specific to Healthcare

Breaches of PHI are not specific to the healthcare industry, according to a new study conducted by Verizon Enterprise Solutions. PHI data breaches are actually ...

November 17, 2015

UC Health Data Breach: 1,064 Affected

On September 16, 2015, the University of Cincinnati Health System (UC Health) discovered the Protected Health Information of 1,064 patients had been exposed. The UC ...

November 10, 2015

HIPAA Guidance for Emergencies Released by OCR

It often takes an emergency situation to realize that policies and procedures are not adequate, and the recent outbreak of Ebola clearly highlighted issues with ...

October 31, 2015

Emergence Health Network Cyberattack Exposes 11,000 Records

Another HIPAA-covered entity has reported being targeted by hackers: The Emergence Health Network cyberattack has resulted in 11,000 patient records being exposed to cybercriminals. Social ...

October 29, 2015

Trust in HIPAA-Covered Entities Ability to Securely Store Healthcare Data Remains Low

Earlier this year, a survey conducted by Software Advice indicated that the high volume of cyberattacks, cases of insider theft, and negligence by healthcare providers ...

October 27, 2015

Accidental Transmission of PHI Causes Two Healthcare Data Breaches

Two data breaches have been reported which have been caused as a result of the accidental transmission of PHI, following simple errors made when sending ...

October 2, 2015

UCLA Health Data Breach Lawsuit: Healthcare Provider Not Liable to Pay Damages

The UCLA Health data breach lawsuit filed by plaintiff Norma Lozano after her medical records were inappropriately accessed and disclosed to a third party by ...

October 1, 2015

When Will the HIPAA Compliance Audits Start? Early 2016, says OCR

When will the HIPAA compliance audits start? According to a letter sent by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ...

October 1, 2015

Flowers Hospital Data Breach Lawsuit Progresses

A Flowers Hospital data breach lawsuit has survived another motion to dismiss. U.S District Judge, William Keith Watkins, has agreed with the recommendations of a ...

September 29, 2015

Medical Device Security Vulnerabilities are Putting Patient Data at Risk

A new report presented at the DerbyCon Security Conference on Tuesday has revealed serious medical device security vulnerabilities. The medical device security vulnerabilities are present ...

September 9, 2015

2016 Start for Phase 2 of the OCR HIPAA Compliance Audits

The second phase of the OCR HIPAA compliance audits have been delayed for more than a year, but the wait is finally over, according to ...

September 4, 2015

Employee Negligence is the Main Healthcare Data Breach Risk

Successful hacks are headline news, and there have been a great deal reported so far in 2015; however, the main healthcare data breach risk is ...

August 29, 2015

KPMG Healthcare Cyberattack Survey: 81% of Companies Suffered an attack in Past 2 Years

A new healthcare cyberattack survey commissioned by KPMG highlights the dire state of preparedness by healthcare organizations, the severity of the current threat landscape, and ...

August 28, 2015

Cybersecurity Regulations are to be Enforced by the FTC?

A recent decision by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals could mean that cybersecurity regulations are to be enforced by the FTC. The Department ...

July 18, 2015

UCLA Health System Hack Uncovered

A UCLA Health System hack has been uncovered in which 4.5 million patient health records have been accessed and potentially stolen. This may not be ...

July 8, 2015

Skeddly Expands Free Usage Tier to Include More EBS Snapshots and AMI Images

Skeddly has announced it has expanded its free usage tier. The enhancements provide more opportunities to backup cloud instances free of charge to ensure that ...

July 6, 2015

Current State of Healthcare Data Security

A new report has been released by Veracode comparing government mobile application security with other industries, with the report giving an insight into the state ...

June 13, 2015

Healthcare Providers Face Medical Device Hacking Risk

Any healthcare provider believing the risk of a data breach through a medical device is low, should think again; a new white paper suggests the ...

June 11, 2015

New Mental Health Law and HIPAA Rules

Rep Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) have reintroduced a new Mental Health law and HIPAA rules are likely to be affected. ...

May 31, 2015

Cottage Health System Breach Settlement Reached

The Cottage Health System breach settlement has been a long time coming but the healthcare provider has now decided to settle the lawsuit rather than ...

May 29, 2015

Illinois Hospital Breaches HIPAA Rules on Data Storage

An Illinois healthcare provider, Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital has potentially breached HIPAA compliance rules on data storage by selling a property and failing to ...

May 22, 2015

Employee Data Theft Affects up to 40 Hospitals

Hacking is a worry for healthcare IT professionals, but the thought of employee data theft is enough to cause many a sleepless night. Defenses against ...

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