So it appears that Bizmatics, Inc. has continued notifying entities of their 2015 breach. I stumbled across this one today from Arkansas Spine and Pain. We have been notified by our electronic medical record vendor, Bizmatics, that cyber intruders may have installed malware on their system. Bizmatics learned of the intrusion in late 2015, however,…
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Physician took work home, and there it stayed after his employment terminated (UPDATED)
Here’s a breach that was actually disclosed in June, but first was posted to HHS in July. Kudos to HIPAAJournal who found their statement on their website when my old eyes missed the small print. You can read HIPAAJournal’s coverage here. The following is from Midland Memorial Hospital’s statement concerning a breach that impacted 1,468 patients: MIDLAND,…
UK ‘Serious Incident’: East Riding patients medical records lost by company paid to keep them safe
As reported in the Hull Daily Mail: Medical records for patients in the East Riding have been lost by a firm paid by health bosses to keep them safe in storage. East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched an investigation after discovering paper records had gone missing. […] She said: “The storage company commissioned to…
Business Associate’s Failure to Safeguard Nursing Home Residents’ PHI Leads to $650,000 HIPAA Settlement
This works out to over $1570 per record. Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule after the theft of a CHCS mobile device compromised the protected health information (PHI) of hundreds of nursing…
19 House Democrat Websites Have Been Down For Days, Hacked Following Sit-In
Ted Goodman reports: Hackers took over 19 official government websites for Congressman since last Thursday after a major hacking incident compromised the network. The affected representatives contract their website management with the company DCS Services who works exclusively with House Democrats. People who visit the official sites of the nineteen affected legislators see a “site under maintenance” message. Read…
264,000 and counting: Hack of EHR/EMR vendor leaves clients scrambling
What data security incident currently holds the undesirable status of 2016’s largest incident involving patient data that has been reported to HHS?* There’s a good chance you’ve never heard about it because the company has remained publicly mute. San Jose-based Bizmatics, Inc. designs and markets electronic health record and electronic medical records practice management software…