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Radiology Groups Issue Warning About PHI Exposure in Online Medical...

The American College of Radiology, the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, and the Radiological Society of North America have issued a warning about the risk of accidental exposure of...

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California Senate Passes Bill Establishing the Genetic Information Privacy Act

A bill (SB-980) that establishes the Genetic Information Privacy Act has been passed by the California Senate and now awaits California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. The Genetic Information...

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OCR Publishes New Resources for MHealth App Developers and Cloud Services...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced it has published additional resources for mobile health app developers and has updated and renamed its Health App...

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Feedback Sought on Draft Consumer Privacy Framework for Health Data Not...

The eHealth Initiative & Foundation (eHI) and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) recently released a draft consumer privacy framework for health data to address gaps in legal protections...

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Resources to Help Healthcare Organizations Improve Resilience Against Insider...

September 2020 is the second annual National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM). Throughout the month, resources are being made available to emphasize the importance of detecting, deterring, and...

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Poll Shows Consumers Unaware of the Extent Health Insurers Gather and Use...

Health insurers are collecting online data about consumers and using the information to predict an individual’s likely healthcare costs. Consumer-generated data are collected and used to create...

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Privacy Risks Found on Almost All Websites Offering COVID-19 Information

A recent study published in JAMA found almost all websites offering information on COVID-19 have third-party tracking code that poses a privacy risk. Many web pages include tracking code that collects...

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Senators Demand Answers from VA on 46,000-Record Data Breach

On September 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announced it had suffered a data breach that had impacted 46,000 veterans. Several Senate Democrats are now demanding answers from the VA...

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August 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

37 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in August 2020, one more than July 2020 and one below the 12-month average. The number of breaches...

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Community Health Systems Pays $5 Million to Settle Multi-State Breach...

Franklin, TN-based Community Health Systems and its subsidiary CHSPCS LLC have settled a multi-state action with 28 state attorneys general for $5 million. A joint investigation, led by Tennessee...

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Exposed Broadvoice Databases Contained 350 Million Records, Including Health...

Comparitech security researcher Bob Diachenko has discovered an exposed cluster of databases belonging to the Voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunications vendor Broadvoice that contained the records of...

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September 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report: 9.7 Million Records Compromised

September has been a bad month for data breaches. 95 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported by HIPAA-covered entities and business associates in September – A 156.75% increase compared to...

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Vendor Access and HIPAA Compliance: Are you Secured?

It can be hard to remember a time before the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, was enacted in 1996. These were the days that paper files were still stored in cabinets...

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AMA Issues Guidance to Help Healthcare Organizations Mitigate COVID-19 Cyber...

The American Medical Association has warned hospitals, health systems, and medical practices about the increase in cyber risks targeting the healthcare sector and has provided recommendations on the...

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Xavier Becerra Named Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

President-elect Joe Biden has named California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. While the decision has been made according to The New York...

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HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes Proposed to Improve Care Coordination and Patient...

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking detailing multiple HIPAA Privacy Rule changes that are intended to remove regulatory burdens, improve care...

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Serious Vulnerabilities Identified in Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Patient Readers

Three serious vulnerabilities have been identified in Medtronic MyCareLink (MCL) Smart Patient Readers, which could potentially be exploited to gain access to and modify patient data from the paired...

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OCR HIPAA Audits Industry Report Identifies Common Areas of Noncompliance...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has published its 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report, highlighting areas where HIPAA-covered entities and their business...

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OCR Issues Guidance on Disclosures of PHI to Health Information Exchanges...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has published new guidance on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules covering disclosures of...

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NIST Releases Final Guidance on Securing the Picture Archiving and...

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released final guidance for healthcare delivery organizations on securing the...

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