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CDPH Data Breach Affects 9,000 State Workers
For the second time in just over six months, officials at the California Department of Public Health have acknowledged...
Web Exclusive: Data Security Inadequate at 71% of Hospitals
The majority of hospitals surveyed say federal regulations such as the HITECH Act have not improved the safety of...
Security Breach Puts 500,000 BlueCross Members' Data at Risk
The theft of 57 hard drives from a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee training facility last October has put at risk the...
Flurry of HIPAA Activity Expected Over Next Three Months
The Office for Civil Rights in all likelihood will publish a draft or interim final rule outlining the new requirements...
Congressmen Want HIPAA Harm Threshold Eliminated
Six members of the House of Representatives signed a letter written to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that urges HHS...
Time to Check Dangers of Social Networking
Though many popular Web sites have strong privacy practices in place, there is still no better time to analyze where...
Is HIPAA's New Harm Threshold Good News or Bad?
HHS' interim final rule on breach notification released last week included most of the same requirements in the HITECH...
Beware of More Stringent State HIPAA Laws
The alleged patient-record snoopers at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital in Los Angeles County picked the wrong...
KP Bellfower Unsure if it Will Appeal Second Fine Connected to Octomom
An official at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital says it's "too soon" to determine if the suburban Los...
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