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Renown Health is mailing breach notification letters to some patients after an employee in late June lost a thumb drive holding protected health information.August 15
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The Fire Department of the City of New York is sending data breach notifications after the loss of an unencrypted external hard drive with patient information.August 12
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EHR vendor Practice Fusion, acquired last year by Allscripts, has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice to resolve HIPAA and federal anti-kickback law investigations.August 12
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Removing the decades-old ban on a national patient identifier addresses a major impediment to information exchange.August 7
CEOImprivata
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Legal leaders contend that the statute is out of date and impedes doctors’ efforts to treat patients with substance abuse disorders.August 7
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In overseeing BA agreements, HITRUST and SOC 2 frameworks should play an essential role.August 5
Vice President of Privacy, Compliance and HIM PolicyMRO
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On June 28, Wickenburg Community Hospital, a critical access facility in Arizona, suffered a ransomware attack.August 3
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Contracts between providers and vendors raise concerns about who actually controls the data and how it can be used.July 31
AssociateMirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
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A hacker used a sophisticated cyberattack against Edgepark Medical Supplies to access the accounts of patients.July 26
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Wise Health System is notifying about 36,000 patients that their health information may have been compromised after several employees were victimized by a phishing attack.July 19
