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Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with USR Holdings, LLC Concerning the Deletion of Electronic Protected Health Information

The settlement highlights the importance of monitoring and backup procedures for electronic protected health information (ePHI) to enhance cybersecurity.
fromDatabreaches
2 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Comprehensive Neurology, PC

HHS settlement highlights HIPAA compliance failures following ransomware attack on Comprehensive Neurology.
Settlement emphasizes critical need for thorough risk analysis in healthcare information security.
fromDatabreaches
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Breaches Within Breaches: Contractual Obligations After a Security Incident

Molecular Testing Labs is suing Ntirety for failing to uphold HIPAA Security Rule obligations and indemnification in a data breach case.
Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with USR Holdings, LLC Concerning the Deletion of Electronic Protected Health Information

The settlement highlights the importance of monitoring and backup procedures for electronic protected health information (ePHI) to enhance cybersecurity.
fromDatabreaches
2 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Comprehensive Neurology, PC

HHS settlement highlights HIPAA compliance failures following ransomware attack on Comprehensive Neurology.
Settlement emphasizes critical need for thorough risk analysis in healthcare information security.
fromDatabreaches
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Breaches Within Breaches: Contractual Obligations After a Security Incident

Molecular Testing Labs is suing Ntirety for failing to uphold HIPAA Security Rule obligations and indemnification in a data breach case.
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Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles 8th Ransomware Investigation with Elgon Information Systems

HHS settled with Elgon for $80,000 over a ransomware attack, emphasizing the importance of HIPAA compliance and risk analysis in healthcare cybersecurity.
Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS OCR settles charges that Inmediata Health Group exposed 1.6 million patients' PHI online

Health care entities must proactively secure patient information to prevent unauthorized online access, as per HHS OCR announcements.
fromDatabreaches
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Security Researcher Comments on HIPAA Security Rule

Entities must improve their response systems for data breach disclosures by researchers.
HHS should enforce cooperation requirements with good faith cybersecurity researchers in healthcare.
fromDatabreaches
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority settled with HHS OCR over HIPAA violations after data breaches from ransomware and hacking.
Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles 8th Ransomware Investigation with Elgon Information Systems

HHS settled with Elgon for $80,000 over a ransomware attack, emphasizing the importance of HIPAA compliance and risk analysis in healthcare cybersecurity.
Privacy professionals
fromDatabreaches
4 months ago

HHS OCR settles charges that Inmediata Health Group exposed 1.6 million patients' PHI online

Health care entities must proactively secure patient information to prevent unauthorized online access, as per HHS OCR announcements.
fromDatabreaches
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Security Researcher Comments on HIPAA Security Rule

Entities must improve their response systems for data breach disclosures by researchers.
HHS should enforce cooperation requirements with good faith cybersecurity researchers in healthcare.
fromDatabreaches
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority settled with HHS OCR over HIPAA violations after data breaches from ransomware and hacking.
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Privacy professionals
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

Doctors warn of 'terrifying' consequences as Trump HHS creates snitch line to report people who get gender-affirming care

New guidance allows reporting of doctors providing gender-affirming care to minors, compromising patient privacy.
The policy is criticized for targeting gender-affirming providers and instilling fear in the medical community.
Privacy professionals
fromMedium
2 months ago

Managed File Transfer: MFT Software, GDPR, DORA, and HIPAA

Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions are essential for compliance in healthcare and similar sectors, ensuring secure and efficient data transfers.
Mental health
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Trump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists say

VA's telehealth changes raise significant ethical concerns regarding patient privacy and clinician working conditions.
fromDatabreaches
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

HHS' Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with Health Fitness Corporation; $227k monetary penalty plus corrective action plan

HHS announced a settlement with Health Fitness resolving HIPAA Security Rule violations, emphasizing risk analysis for protecting electronic health information.
Information security
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

The US proposes rules to make healthcare data more secure

New cybersecurity rules proposed by HHS to protect patient data after major breaches.
Proposal mandates multifactor authentication and data encryption for healthcare organizations.
fromVulture
6 months ago
Miscellaneous

Grey's Anatomy Recap: The Petty Olympics

The episode explores the rampant disregard for HIPAA and other institutional rules that characters of Grey's Anatomy regularly ignore.
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