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The start of a New Year represents new opportunities to refocus on HIPAA compliance efforts.January 14
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A patient identity incident at Mercy Health Lorain (Ohio) Hospital shows that even though health information technology supports operations, other mistakes can expose data.January 9
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Patient records at Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were apparently compromised when an employee accessed records without a valid business reason.January 6
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A data security incident at Chicago-based Sinai Health System may have exposed the personal and health information of about 12,000 patients.January 2
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In the wake of the data breach at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency has conducted a review of Blue Button 2.0.January 1
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Last month, Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, N.M., found malware on a digital imaging server containing radiological images and patient data.December 25
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A data breach at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has affected the protected health information of about 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries and 30 applications.December 19
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An audit of the electronic health records system at Nebraska Medicine in October enabled the organization to discover a data breach earlier than it would otherwise.December 5
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Virginia-based Sentara Hospitals will pay the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights nearly $2.2 million to settle potential HIPAA violations.December 2
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The healthcare sector continues to be a highly valued target for hackers and other malicious attackers at the rate of one breach per day, according to a new report.November 25
