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Article: Former Durango Family Medicine patients warned of security breach
While convenient, portable devices come with a great deal of risk. No organization wants to imagine their portable devices getting lost or stolen, however it happens. If appropriate safeguards are not in place to protect those devices, a serious breach could occur. Unfortunately for Durango Family Medicine, this nightmare came true when a portable external …
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Google to remove ePHI from its Search Results
HIPAA data breaches can occur if ePHI (electronic protected health information) is posted on an open web site. In that situation, not only is the ePHI available for viewing, it also can be indexed by an Internet search engine such as Google. Many data breaches have been uncovered by finding the unauthorized ePHI via …
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Google to remove ePHI from its Search Results
HIPAA data breaches can occur if ePHI (electronic protected health information) is posted on an open web site. In that situation, not only is the ePHI available for viewing, it also can be indexed by an Internet search engine such as Google. Many data breaches have been uncovered by finding the unauthorized ePHI via …
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Healthcare Seen Highly Vulnerable to Cyberattack
In a recent report conducted by the American International Group (AIG), experts were asked a broad, but valid question; “is cyber risk systematic?” Looking at recent events, AIG indicated that cyber risk is in fact systemic, predicting an event much like the global ransomware attack, “WannaCry” that took the world by storm earlier this month. …
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Global Ransomware Attacks Target Healthcare Organizations
As you may be aware, a global ransomware attack, called WannaCry, started on Friday May 12, 2017 and is continuing as of today. The attack has affected 200,000 Microsoft Windows based machines in over 150 countries. The cybercriminals have focused on healthcare and financial services but have affected many other industries and individuals as well. …
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75% of health organizations fall below cybersecurity poverty line
George DeCesare, Chief Technology Risk Officer for Kaiser Permanente, met with the Health and Human Services Department as well as other security experts and came away with some shocking truth. An article on Healthcare IT News provides some great insight on why falling below the cybersecurity poverty line could be detrimental to health organizations. Seventy-five …
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$31,000 fine for not having a Business Associate Agreement
The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) a small, for-profit practice has agreed to implement a corrective action plan for their potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the settlement includes a hefty payment of $31,000 for …
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Article: 68 percent of healthcare organizations have compromised email credentials
A study from the cloud services provider, Evolve IP suggests that over two-thirds of all healthcare organizations have employees using compromised email credentials. An article over on Healthcare IT News explains how Evolve IP determined these findings. The study found that 55 to 80 percent of organizations have email accounts that have been compromised. Looking …
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Article: How healthcare organizations should prepare for a HIPAA audit
Preparing for a HIPAA audit is vital for healthcare organizations. Sure, these organizations understand that they may face a HIPAA audit, but often let preparation for such an event fall to the bottom of their priority list. It is important to ensure your organization is prepared prior to receiving notification of a forthcoming audit. An …
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Even Non-Profits can get HIPAA Fines
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) and related entities are non-profit organizations that run on shoestring budgets. These organizations are constantly in search of revenue, grants and donations to keep their operations running. Therefore, any type of adverse financial event will be devastating. However, these organizations also must comply with relevant regulations, …
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