The planned merging of two health data exchange standards organizations - DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission - will help support healthcare sector efforts to advance secure health data exchange, says Scott Stuewe, CEO of DirectTrust.
A federal judge has denied granting a preliminary injunction against Meta to stop the firm's Pixel tracking code in healthcare websites from collecting and disseminating patient information for advertising. But the judge says he could change his mind as more details about patient privacy emerge.
A resurrected proposal to enhance medical device security is nestled within the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that the Senate passed Thursday and sent to the House for approval. Medical device makers would be required to meet cybersecurity standards and disclose vulnerabilities.
Bad hackers so often get portrayed as bombastic villains who can "hack the Gibson" while breathlessly exclaiming, "We're in!" Real-world "hack attacks" are typically much more mundane, including an alleged scheme enabling taxi drivers to jump to the head of the line at JFK Airport.
In his latest rant, Ian Keller, the Troublemaker CISO, decries lazy and bad coding practices, mistakes CISOs may make and unwarranted CISO-blaming by the media, unanswered requests for more funding and staff - and the epic failures all these can produce when a breach happens, as it inevitably will.
An Oklahoma-based provider of administrative and technology services to healthcare organizations is notifying more than 271,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised in a hacking incident involving a third-party data storage vendor.
A Florida primary care practice will pay a $20,000 financial penalty and implement a corrective action plan to settle a HIPAA right of patient access dispute. The case is the 42nd such dispute resolved by the Department of Health and Human Services since April 2019.
Experiencing an attack is only a matter of time. Most organizations are unaware when a breach is made, and threats go undetected for months at a time due to a global lack of visibility, especially when it concerns endpoints. But there are X5 firewall practices to prevent a data breach.
A California dental practice that for years revealed patient data on Yelp must stop doing so and pay federal regulators a $23,000 fine. New Vision Dental, owned by Dr. Brandon Au, must also delete social media posts and send breach notification letters to affected patients.
Updated guidance from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services aims to help clarify for mobile health app developers creating apps that process health data the privacy and security regulations that apply to their products.
Chicago-based hospital chain CommonSpirit reported to federal regulators that its October ransomware incident affected the protected health information of nearly 624,000 individuals. Among the information compromised were names, addresses, phone numbers and birthdates.
A hacking incident at a cloud-based electronic health records software vendor affects dozens of the company's pediatric practice clients and more than 2.2 million of their patients and other individuals. The breach spotlights several common but serious risks.
Federal regulators issued a warning to healthcare entities and their tech vendors that the use of tracking code embedded in patient portals that transmit patient information to third-parties could be a violation of HIPAA and punishable with monetary fines.
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a new proposed rule to better align the HIPAA privacy and breach notification rules with regulations involving the confidentiality of records pertaining to patients receiving treatment for substance use disorders.
Healthcare providers and their vendors often fear federal regulatory action, but do fines and corrective action many any difference at all? As breach cases have nearly doubled since 2018, federal fines dropped 93% in 2022, and some say the agency is understaffed and crippled by legal challenges.
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