After yesterday’s blockbuster revelation by the Telegraph, Jon Baines writes: I’ve asked the ICO to assess whether the sale of millions of health records to insurance companies so that they could “refine” their premiums was complaint with the law Read more on Information Rights and Wrongs.
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme Relating To A Health Care Provider
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that Angelo Ponds, 32, of Miami Gardens, and Sean Guillaume, 31, of Miramar, were sentenced February 21 for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme relating to a…
HHS Issues HIPAA Guidance on Sharing Information Related to Mental Health
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new guidance explaining how the HIPAA Privacy Rule operates to protect individuals’ privacy rights with respect to their mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule permits health care providers to communicate with patients’ family members and others to enhance treatment and assure…
Electronic Health Data Breaches Remain Primary Concern Despite Increased Use of Security Technologies and Analytics – Survey
From HIMSS: Results of the 2013 HIMSS Security Survey show that, despite progress toward hardened security and use of analytics, more work must be done to mitigate insider threat, such as the inappropriate access of data by employees. Although federal initiatives such as OCR audits, Meaningful Use and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule continue to encourage healthcare organizations…
2013 DataBreach Report By Risk Based Security
Today Riskbasedsecurity.com has announced a report that covers the 2013 period for databreaches of all kinds. The report ventures into different types of data breaches which i do not normally cover but these are the data breaches that happen every day and have been for years. The breaches which have been used in the report…
UK: NHS in England delays sharing of medical records
Peter Walker and James Meikle report: The NHS delayed for at least six months a controversial plan to share data from people’s medical records on Tuesday following concerns from doctors and patients’ groups, acknowledging there was insufficient public confidence in the scheme. The postponement by NHS England was welcomed by critics who had complained too…