A New Day for Interoperability—The Information Blocking Regulations Start Now
Enacted by Congress over four years ago through Section 4004 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) and implemented through a final rule released over one year ago, the…
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Data risk report shows healthcare worker has access to 31,000 sensitive files on first day of work
The ‘2021 Data Risk Report: healthcare, Pharma & Biotech’ report underscores the importance of data security as organizations manage the security gaps created from remote working and cloud migration.
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Ransomware: Home Health Firm Reports 2nd Cloud Vendor Incident
A home healthcare company says a data breach affecting more than 753,000 patients, employees and former workers stems from a ransomware attack on its private cloud hosted by managed service…
Read More »OCR Settles Eighteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its eighteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. …
Read More »OCR Settles Seventeenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative….
Read More »Ransomware Extortion Threat Actors Post Data from Four Healthcare Entities
In the last few weeks, the ransomware hackers behind Conti, Babuk, and Avaddon leaked data they claim to have stolen from at least five healthcare entities, which should serve as…
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CareCentrix Files Corporate Espionage Lawsuit against Signify Health
The post-acute care company CareCentrix filed a complaint in U.S. district court against Marcus Lanznar and Signify Health, accusing Lanznar of corporate espionage and theft of confidential information.
Read More »Playing ‘Price is Right’-style game, MI doctors post operating room photos online
Spectrum Health says it has launched an investigation after a group of doctors posted to Instagram photos taken in the operating room that show an organ from one patient and…
Read More »Extension of the Public Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
March 9, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a 45-day extension of the public comment period for the Notice…
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Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside…
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