by Patrick Kennedy | Nov 20, 2019 | GDPR Advice
The General Data Protection Regulation became enforceable on May 25, 2018 and from that date companies that gather or use the personal data of EU residents were obligated to require with the GDPR, although there are restricted GDPR exemptions and derogations. Who Must...
by Patrick Kennedy | Nov 12, 2019 | HIPAA Advice
The HIPAA guidelines on telemedicine are relevant for all medical professional or healthcare groups that provide a remote service to patients in their homes or in community centers. Many people wrongly think that communicating ePHI at distance is allowable when the...
by Patrick Kennedy | Nov 12, 2019 | HIPAA News
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics in Oregon suffered a phishing attack on July 31, 2019 that lead to an unauthorized person obtaining access to the email accounts of several employees. The breach was discovered within a day of the accounts being accessed and the...
by Patrick Kennedy | Nov 9, 2019 | Cybersecurity
Six flaws have been identified in the Medtronic Valleylab energy platform and electrosurgery products, including one fatal flaw that could permit a hacker to obtain access to the Valleylab Energy platform and view/overwrite files and remotely execute arbitrary code....
by Patrick Kennedy | Nov 7, 2019 | Cybersecurity
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has been sanctioned with $3 million HIPAA penalty for not encrypting mobile devices and other HIPAA breaches. URMC is one of the biggest health systems in New York State with more than 26,000 staff at the Medical...
