Is your medical privacy dependent, in part, on whether you are a healthcare professional? John Dorschner and Patrick Danner write in the Miami Herald: In August 2006, the former wife of a Broward psychologist sent a letter to state authorities saying she had visited his home ‘and saw cocaine paraphernalia, an empty bottle of Oxycontin…
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IT Security and Record Management in Healthcare
Dr. Zachary Peterson, a Senior Security Analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, writes: With the introduction of computers to the health care system, paper medical records have given way to their electronic counterparts, allowing information to be easily accessed, shared and modified. Systems for managing electronic records are now commonplace in all major and health care…
Healthcare organizations feeling cyberattacks growing
Healthcare organizations feel under increasing attack from the Internet, while security incidents involving insiders and disappearing laptops with sensitive data are piling up. On top of that, there’s now the prospect of a surprise audit from the federal government agency in charge of overseeing the HIPAA security and privacy rules. Healthcare organizations are stepping up…
WI: Healthcare execs, state employees testify on behalf of patient data exchange bill
If you believe patient health information should be electronically exchanged between different health systems and facilities, Wednesday was a pretty good day in the state Capitol. The Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation heard testimony on a bill to remove barriers to electronic patient data exchange in Wisconsin. The testimony favored…
Acadian Ambulance hit by ransomware attack; Daixin claims info on 10 million patients stolen
A new listing on Daixin Team’s leak site suggested serious problems for Acadian Ambulance. Acadian Ambulance offers several health-related services, including emergency medical transportation, non-emergency transportation, at-home health care, air services, and medical education. It has locations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. Acadian has been in business since 1971, and at this point, employees…
MNGI Digestive Health joins ranks of “late-notifiers,” finally notifying more than 767,000 patients of breach last summer
This seems to be the month in which many people affected by healthcare breaches in the summer of 2023 are first being notified individually (see, for example, reports on Southcoast Medical and Florida Community Health Centers). Here’s a third one: MNGI Digestive Health was the victim of a cyberattack on August 20, 2023. They reportedly discovered the breach…