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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...
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...
Eight Tips to Polish Your Hospital's Patient Breach Response
After hospitals follow protocol about patient data breaches, they should consider these final checklist items if a...
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...
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...
HHS Issues New Rule for HIT Breaches
The public needs to feel confident that HIT is secure, especially now that the federal government is preparing to drop...
OCR Names HIPAA Privacy and Security Delegates
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) named the regional delegates for HIPAA privacy and security guidance and education...
Beware of More Stringent State HIPAA Laws
The alleged patient-record snoopers at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital in Los Angeles County picked the wrong...
Many Business Associates Not Ready to Comply with HIPAA
Many experts simply feel business associates are not ready to comply with new HIPAA regulations. Perhaps the most...