The passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009 updated HIPAA, and as such it obliged the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to […]
The theft of a portable hard drive from a staff member of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) possibly exposed the ePHI of almost 2,000 people. Following a review by the HHS […]
An official announcement has been released by the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General that a settlement has now been agreed with South Shore Hospital. The healthcare supplier will have to pay a fine of […]
Boston Children’s Hospital has released a press statement revealing a laptop issued to one of its staff member has been lost at a conference in Buenos Aires; possibly exposing the protected health records of 2,159 […]
Before publishing Protected Health Information on any public website it is vital that the medium is reviewed for security risks. If a website is owned or controlled by a third party or a cloud service […]
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