In the first HIPAA settlement involving a wireless health services provider, a cardiac monitoring device manufacturer agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle violations that traced back to a stolen employee laptop.
CardioNet, which manufactures wireless devices that provide real-time cardiac monitoring and analysis, agreed to the settlement five years after the company reported a laptop stolen from an employee’s car that contained health data for more than 1,300 individuals, according to a release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
