Data Security


With increasing federal scrutiny of health care data breaches, maintaining a secure network and clinical infrastructure is crucial for both payers and providers. Topics here include: data breaches, data encryption and other security techniques, access and authentication issues, and regulatory requirements.


Verizon, Health Evolution Partners Align to Accelerate Health I.T.

Joseph Goedert | Feb 06
An alliance between telecommunications firm Verizon and investment firm Health Evolution Partners is designed to accelerate development of mobile and cloud-based applications for the health care industry.
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Health Info Exchange

Hey, HHS: We Need the Stage 2 and Privacy Rules NOW

Joseph Goedert | Feb 03
The proposed rules for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program is in the Office of Management and Budget for review, a clear indication that it should be ready for publication soon.
Policy & Regulation
Group Practices

Vendors Team for Mock HIPAA Privacy Audits

Joseph Goedert | Feb 01
ID Experts, a data breach prevention and remediation firm, has partnered with consultancy Apgar & Associates to offer mock federal HIPAA privacy/security/compliance audits to health care organizations.
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Policy & Regulation
Stimulus

Laptop Loaded with PHI Stolen from Lexington Clinic

Joseph Goedert | Jan 31
Following the Dec. 7 theft of an unencrypted laptop, Lexington Clinic in Kentucky is notifying 1,018 patients who received services in the neurology department.
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Consumer Health
EHR

Bi-Partisan Report Seeks Effective Federal HIT Spending

Joseph Goedert | Jan 27
The Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, founded by former Senate majority leaders, has issued recommendations to most effectively use federal dollars being spent on health information technology initiatives.
Policy & Regulation
EHR

Care Innovations Summit

Jan 26
Co-hosted by the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Consumer Health
Decision Support

HHS Seeks Mobile Computing Security Best Practices

Joseph Goedert | Jan 25
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an initiative to develop privacy and security best practices when using mobile computing devices in a health care setting.
Mobile Technology
Hardware

Social Security Numbers, Other Veterans’ PHI Ends Up on Ancestry.com

Joseph Goedert | Jan 23
The Department of Veterans Affairs has notified more than 2,200 veterans and is offering them one year of credit monitoring services after protected information including Social Security numbers were posted on the Ancestry.com Web site.
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Data Repositories
EHR

OSU Offers Credit Protection Following Data Breach

Joseph Goedert | Jan 10
Ohio State University Medical Center is offering one year of credit protection services to 180 former patients following a breach of protected health information.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

Privacy Boot Camp Targets Senior Execs

Joseph Goedert | Jan 10
Consulting firm Clearwater Compliance LLC will host a HIPAA Audit Prep Bootcamp in Atlanta on Feb. 9 for senior executives of HIPAA-covered entities, business associates and subcontractors.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

Contractor ManTech Enters Health Care via Evolvent Acquisition

Joseph Goedert | Jan 09
Government information technology contractor ManTech International Corp. has entered the health I.T. arena with an acquisition of fellow contractor Evolvent Technologies Inc. of Herndon, Va. Terms of the buy were not disclosed.
Payers
Vendor News

Survey: Many Patient Harm Events Unreported

Joseph Goedert | Jan 06
A survey of 189 hospitals finds they all use incident reporting systems to capture events of patient harm, but that staff members don’t report 86 percent of such events.
Hospitals
Health Analytics

Stolen Computers Contained PHI on More Than 3,000 Patients

Joseph Goedert | Jan 03
Protected health information for more than 3,000 patients at San Antonio-based Stone Oak Urgent Care & Family Practice was on five computers stolen in October.
Consumer Health
EHR

Taking Work Home Results in Loma Linda Breach, Employee Termination

Joseph Goedert | Jan 03
An employee at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center taking home work related information has resulted in the notification of 1,336 patients of a possible breach of their protected health information.
Consumer Health
EHR

Stolen Hard Drive Had Data on UCLA Patients

Jan 01
Mobile Technology
EHR
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