Posted by admin on January 21, 2012
As we shared earlier this month, healthcare breaches in the US are on the rise: up 32% over the previous year. Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute, discussed these findings with Government HealthIT, alongside Rick Kam of ID Experts, saying that a “data spill” in healthcare could be more damaging than what BP faced after [...]
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Posted by admin on January 3, 2012
According to a new Ponemon study sponsored by ID Experts, the Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, healthcare breaches continue to rise. The frequency of data breaches was up 32% over the previous year, averaging four data breaches per healthcare organization. To further complicate matters, 55% of healthcare organizations say they have [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Benchmark Study, Data Breaches, Data Security, Dr Larry, Epidemic, Health Information, Healthcare Data, Healthcare Field, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Organization, Healthcare Organizations, Mobile Devices, National Economy, Patient Data, Patient Privacy, Phi, Ponemon, Previous Year, Profit Hospitals, Thin Margins | No Comments »
Posted by admin on December 30, 2011
According to a new report by the mobile health division of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (mHIMSS), the 2011 mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey, many healthcare organizations lack mobile security policies. Mobile devices are being used on a widespread basis to access health information; 97% of healthcare organizations access data on mobile devices. Despite [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Access Data, Access Health, Apps, Best Practices, Health Division, Health Information, Healthcare Organizations, Management Systems Society, Mobile Devices, Mobile Health, Mobile Security, Mobile Technology, Patient Data, Patient Information, Personal Health, Security Policies, Technology Policy, Technology Survey, Tim Williams, Universal Access | No Comments »
Posted by admin on November 15, 2011
In a recent hearing of Senate Judiciary Committee‘s panel on privacy, technology and the law entitled “Your Health and Your Privacy: Protecting Health Information in a Digital World“, experts called for stronger federal enforcement of health data breach violations. Deven McGraw, director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, gave [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Center For Democracy And Technology, Data Breaches, Democracy And Technology, Electronic Health Data, Good Health, Health Information, Health Privacy Project, Healthcare System, Networked, Personal Health, Privacy Technology, Protecting Health, Protecting Privacy, Protective Behaviors, Security Measures, Security Precautions, Senate Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Strong Security, Webcast | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 18, 2011
Health Net, who recently settled the first HIPAA-related lawsuit for the 2009 loss of a computer disk drive that put 1.5 million patients at risk, has suffered another data breach of a sizeable nature. The unexplained loss of 9 server drives at its data center has put 2 million Health Net members, employees and health [...]
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Posted by admin on February 26, 2011
While 2010 saw the first HIPAA lawsuit and settlement the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has now imposed a $4.3 million civil money penalty for violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The penalty was levied against Cignet Health of Maryland and is the first civil money penalty issued by the Department for [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Amp, Civil Money Penalty, Department Of Health, Health Information, Hhs, Hipaa Privacy Rule, Investigations, Money, Us Department Of Health, Willful Neglect | No Comments »
Posted by admin on July 30, 2010
As we previously mentioned, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed the first HIPAA-related lawsuit. That lawsuit has now been settled, also a first. The settlement agreement [PDF] between the State of Connecticut and the defendants (Health Net) is the result of the loss of a computer disk drive that had unencrypted health information for 1.5 [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: 5 Million, Absolute Software, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Computer Disk Drive, Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Data Breaches, Financial Payments, Health Information, Health Net, Health Plans, Hipaa, Identity Theft Insurance, Insurance, Pdf, Privacy Law, Security Measures, Security Whitepaper, Settlement Agreement, State Of Connecticut | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 30, 2010
Who Breached: Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan Number Affected: 8,600 Information breached: Social Insurance Numbers How: laptops stolen On December 3rd, laptops containing the private information (names, address, social insurance numbers) of about 8.600 Ontario teachers was stolen from the Waterloo offices of the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan. Those affected were notified of the breach in [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Assets, Data Breach, Data Security, Health Information, Healthcare Field, Healthcare Resources, Insurance Information, laptop security, Laptops, Mobile Data, Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan, Personal Health, Resources Page, Security Policy, Security Precautions, Security Solutions, Social Insurance Numbers, Teachers Insurance, Usb Key, Waterloo | 1 Comment »
