Judy Motti reports: Only slightly more than half of healthcare employees (59 percent) are using full-disk encryption or file-level encryption on mHealth computing devices used at work, according to a new Forrester research report, which concluded that medical enterprises must adopt a data-centric approach to endpoint security on all employee devices. Such a security strategy will…
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Central Utah Clinic reports server containing 31,677 patients' information was breached in 2012
On August 7, Central Utah Clinic, P.C. posted a breach notification on their web site: PUBLIC NOTICE: Potential Central Utah Clinic HIPAA Breach PROVO, Utah. (Aug. 7, 2014) — Central Utah Clinic is committed to the protection of patient privacy and is notifying 31,677 patients, by letter, of a potential personal health information breach. On…
OCR: Be prepared for HIPAA audits
Tom Sullivan writes: When the Office for Civil Rights knocks on your door, asking about HIPAA compliance, it pays to be ready. And OCR is looking to audit providers ranging from large to small, and across a wide geographical distribution. That’s according to OCR’s senior advisor for health information privacy Linda Sanches. Speaking at the HIMSS Media…
Law Professors Ask California Supreme Court To Review Pharmaceutical Liability Case
Back in June, I noted an interesting case described by Evan Brown. PDX v. Hardin involves Section 230 immunity for a software provider whose software was used to produce truncated medication monographs that omitted drug warnings. The modification in their software had been made at their client’s (Safeway’s) request. It’s not the type of case I’d typically include on…
Tech Firms Ask Congress to Redefine Medical Privacy Rules
Kerry Young reports: Tech firms, including Amazon.com Inc., are asking Congress to redefine the rules on medical privacy, saying the potential risks of disclosure should be weighed again against the potential benefits of wider sharing and easier access to crucial health data. Executives of tech companies and health organizations have told the House Energy and…
Texas Demands Medical Records From Xerox (updated to include Xerox response)
From Courthouse News: Texas has sued fired Medicaid claims administrator Xerox for the second time in four months, claiming its failure to return client medical records exposes the state to massive federal fines for violations of privacy. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sued Xerox State Healthcare in Travis County Court on Tuesday. The…