On October 2, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a report to congress providing guidance and recommendations on how new technology can be used in healthcare and how the safe exchange of health information can...
A supplierer diagnostic radiology services has revealed that it has experienced a data breach that has potentially exposed the billing information and personal identifiers of 307,000 individuals from all across the U.S.A. Touchstone Medical Imaging, LLC found that an...
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has, accidentally, disclosed protected health information on patients and is in breach of HIPAA regulations following a recent mailshot. The breach has now been publicly revealed and the patients affected...
The Solaris Hospice is one of the main palliative care centers in the Southwest – working from 16 locations to provide care and support for more than 400 patients every day. The hospice’s workforce of 150 physicians and nurses work in a vast rural area in which...
On Tuesday 30th September, California Governor Edmund Brown signed off on new legislation to improve the level of privacy protection for citizens of California. The new set of bills introduced a number of amendments to the legislation which included more transparent...
