Dan Worth reports: A new security certification for the healthcare sector is aiming to provide a gold standard for those handling sensitive data. The HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) standard has been put together by information security body ISC² as a means of providing an industry-wide qualification for those handling sensitive data. Read more on…
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HealthCare.gov has already had a privacy breach – report. Get it together, folks.
It seems like healthcare.gov has had a security breach already in which limited personal information from two applicants was disclosed to another applicant. Kelsey Harris and Rob Bluey report: Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed…
Children's Healthcare says resigning exec stole PHI on her way out the door
David Allison reports: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has fired and sued a top executive for allegedly taking the hospital’s proprietary information, including children’s patient health information, numbers assigned to health care providers by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the state license numbers for more than 500 health care providers. In a complaint filed Oct. 25…
Security concerns – or politics, depending on your view – prompt subpoena for Healthcare.gov data
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A U.S. House committee chairman, citing security concerns, today ordered a Healthcare.gov contractor to provide detailed information about its work on the project. Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman, Tuesday issued a subpoena for Quality Software Services Inc.’s contract with the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human…
Does Healthcare.gov violate their own privacy policy?
No, this is not on HIPAA, but Ben Simo has noted what I think appears to be a legitimate question/concern: I have read some reports that we need not be overly concerned about Healthcare.gov security because the site doesn’t keep much personal information. While we can’t into the site from outside to see what…
Rep. Joe Barton's stunning ignorance about HIPAA and healthcare.gov
During a Congressional hearing yesterday, Rep. Joe Barton questioned a panel of contractors about commented-out source code in healthcare.gov that tells site users that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in using the site. Seemingly basing his questioning on this report on The Weekly Standard, Rep. Barton stated that the hidden (commented-out) code was…