Medical records of U.S. citizens vulnerable to attacks
The exposé of the hacker group Fancy Bear about the medical records of famous American athletes is just a tip of...
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Are More State Data Breach Notification Laws Recognizing PHI?
Several states have made adjustments to their data breach notification laws in the past year, but there are still some that...
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Report uncovers the underground healthcare data market
A new report has lifted the lid on the underground medical data market. Entitled Your Life, Repackaged and Resold: the deep...
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Private practices top list of data breach investigations
As the healthcare industry continues to struggle with HIPAA compliance, the settlement of ten cases of potential violations in the first...
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Cyberattacks have yet to hurt health care’s bottom line
Although health care is hurting from cyberattackers — with at least 12 distinct ransomware attacks on American providers and hospital chains...
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Consumer reports examines risks of medical identity theft in today’s healthcare system
Medical identity theft – when someone steals personal data to get prescription drugs, medical care or surgery – is on the...
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Fall River woman pleads guilty to identity theft and theft of social security benefits
A Jamaican citizen living in Fall River pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with using her...
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White Paper The cost of a healthcare data breach
IT leaders today are reinventing their infrastructure to support a mobile workforce and a complex array of connected devices. Against this...
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Protect Against Rising Medical Data Fraud
Oncology practices should protect themselves from the danger of having their IT systems hacked by having a risk analysis done to...
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Feds plan to investigate more healthcare breaches
The HHS Office for Civil Rights, which enforces rules surrounding HIPAA, has announced it will investigate breaches of protected health information...
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