The accidental disclosure of electronic Protected Health Information stored on one of Idaho State University’s servers has led to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issuing a large fine. The University discovered that a...
Mobile devices being stolen may be one of the main causes of HIPAA breaches, although human mistakes can easily lead to patient health data being accessible, with Dent Neurologic the latest healthcare group to suffer a major HIPAA breach due to the actions of a member...
Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic arranged for its X-ray films to be brought up to date and converted to digital media, the healthcare organization sought external assistance from a third party vendor. After locating a supplier that could offer the service and the selected...
The passing of the Omnibus Final Rule, also referred to as the HIPAA Mega Rule due to the extent of that it amends the current legislation, clears up many loose ends that were in place from the HIPAA Privacy Rule in relation to marketing. The use of Protected Health...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the HHS has issued the largest ever financial penalty, $4.8m, for a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. The data breach happpened when a computer server...
