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HITECH Act

ID thieves find gold in medical data

Illena Armstrong May 01, 2012

Is health care a last frontier for today's cyber criminals?

BlueCross fine over breach related to HIPAA notification rule

Marcos Colon March 15, 2012

The BlueCross BlueShield settlement with the Office for Civil Rights is a reminder for health care organizations to bolster their data security, experts said.

Getting serious about health care security

Peter Spier, manager of professional services, Fortrex Technologies December 06, 2011

Health care providers and their patients both have parts to play in the high-stakes game of protecting sensitive medical information, especially as technology becomes easier to implement and enforcement of regulations intensifies.

Computer theft impacts 400K S. Carolina patients

Angela Moscaritolo July 19, 2011

In one of the largest health care data breaches this year, a computer containing hundreds of thousands of patient records was stolen from South Carolina's Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

UCLA Health System fined over celebrity patient snooping

Dan Kaplan July 11, 2011

UCLA Health System must pay $865,500 as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over complaints that employees snooped on the health records of two celebrities.

Are you prepared for a breach?

Richard Blumberg, director of data breach response services at Equifax; Gary Kibel, partner at Davis & Gilbert LLP April 01, 2011

A prudent firm should not wait until a clear and direct obligation exists before taking steps to secure its systems and processes.

TECH Rx: Technology and health care

Greg Masters October 01, 2010

The move to electronic medical records presents challenges, but tech solutions offer help for health care practitioners, reports Greg Masters.

Regulation renovation: Regulatory compliance mandates

Angela Moscaritolo August 02, 2010

The effects of last year's regulatory changes have already begun to surface, reports Angela Moscaritolo.

Health care security: feeling better yet?

Peter Spier, senior risk management consultant, Fortex Technologies July 13, 2010

As health care entities face new compliance demands, a free framework could offer some help.

HIPAA encryption: meeting today's regulations

Sang Lee, senior security analyst, AlertBoot June 30, 2010

The author wades through NIST standards to help organizations select the best encryption technology to satisfy federal health care data protection mandates.