Jared M. Rhoads, Director of the Center for Objective Health Policy, comments: Hospitals and physician practices are waiting with bated breath for the final changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release by the end of the year. One of the new rules could require healthcare…
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Breaches: Study Shows Over 806.2 Million Records Disclosed, Estimated Cost of $156.7 Billion
I’m still playing catch-up with everything I missed thanks to NatGrid’s profound incompetence in restoring power after a tropical storm knocked us offline. Here’s a press release I had missed: The Digital Forensics Association announces the release of their second annual data breach report. “The Leaking Vault 2011- Six Years of Data Breaches” analyzes 3,765…
WA: Medical clerk who stole patient IDs gets 5 years
Carol M. Ostrom reports: A medical-office billing clerk who stole patient information and prescription pads to get thousands of dollars’ worth of narcotic prescription drugs to sell was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal court judge Thursday. For the scam, Alyce Burrell, 28, of Seattle, often brought along her two children when…
Children's Clinics integrates fingerprint technology with EHR
Molly Merrill reports: Children’s Clinics for Rehabilitative Services in Southern Arizona is using fingerprint biometrics to increase access to – and the security of – its new electronic health record system. Officials said the new technology was the result of Children’s Clinics recent transition to a NextGen ambulatory EHR after years of using paper charts….
ZCompany hacking crew deface 100 indian websites
A group going by the name of ZCompany hacking crew aka ZHC has defaced 100 indian websites in an attempt to show the indian public the information that the government hides from them. Now this is nothing new for ZCompany Hacking Crew in july they released a list of 800+ sites that have been defaced…
Reznick Group Notified of Potential Security Breach At Former Employee Benefits Service Provider, AssureCare Risk Management
Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, today announced that it has been informed by AssureCare Risk Management, Inc. (“ARM”), the former service provider of Reznick Group’s employee benefits plan from 2001-2006, that ARM has suffered a security breach of its computer server that may affect former and current Reznick Group employees and their…