Carl Smith reports on concerns about a new app called Figure 1: A new picture-sharing phone and tablet application for doctors and medical students is raising concerns about patient privacy. Figure 1 allows the sharing of medical and clinical pictures between health practitioners to assist colleagues with patient diagnoses and to aid studying students. It…
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Lubbock Cardiology Clinic security breach in electronic health records
Ellysa Gonzalez reports: The Lubbock Cardiology Clinic bought an advertisement on the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal website to announce a security breach in its Electronic Health Record system. The advertisement reads, “To the patients of Lubbock Cardiology Clinic, it is with regret that I must inform you of an unauthorized access into the HER (sic) containing our…
Medical Privacy: Digital Technology Can Leave Your Health History Exposed
From EFF: The digitization of medical records is being pitched to the public as a way to revolutionize healthcare. But rapid technological innovation and lagging privacy laws are leaving patients – and their most sensitive information – vulnerable to exposure and abuse, especially in this age of “big data.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is…
Heartbleed Bug Endangers Medical Data, Internet as a Whole
So far, I’m not seeing much coverage of the Heartbleed bug and the security of patient information, although the Heartbleed crypto bug may be the biggest security news/threat of the year. Chris Wiltz writes: A bug has been discovered by security solutions provider Codenomicon Defensics and Google Security that would allow hackers to access a…
Helping Entities Implement Privacy and Security Protections Medscape Programs
HHS has recently added another training module to its offerings. The latest is on EHRs and HIPAA: OCR has six educational programs for health care providers on compliance with various aspects of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Each of these programs is available with free Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for physicians and Continuing…
Chicago-area doctors' group announces data breach
Mitch Smith reports: Surgical information for more than 1,200 patients may have been compromised in February when an unknown person accessed a doctor’s Gmail account, a Chicago-area physicians’ group announced Friday. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush said in a news release that names and dates of birth for 1,256 patients could have been accessed, along with…