Tag: Data privacy

June 29, 2016

The healthcare records of some 655,000 patients are allegedly being sold on the dark web for 151 to 607 bitcoins or $100,000 to $395,000, according to the website DeepDotWeb. In an encrypted Jabber conversation, a hacker using the handle “thedarkoverlord” […]

June 7, 2016

A Connecticut podiatry office has notified 40,491 patients that cybercriminals may have compromised their protected health information by accessing its EHR database. Stamford Podiatry Group P.C. said in a letter to its patients that an unauthorized third party gained access to […]

April 1, 2016

The rate of security incident disclosures in 2015 surpassed those of 2014 and 2015, according to the inaugural 2015 BakerHostetler Security Incident Response report. What’s more, healthcare tops the list for frequency of data breaches. “It’s not if, but when […]

February 16, 2016

A breach-filled 2015 showed healthcare is at major risk for cyberattacks, a situation experts say makes it more important for health organizations to have plans in place to deal with the aftermath of a security crisis. Nicole Miller, senior vice […]

February 1, 2016

Part of today’s complexity in healthcare stems from the way our healthcare IT systems have emerged. There are multiple entry points for patients into the healthcare system, from a relationship with a primary care physician to the sporadic, disconnected and […]

May 15, 2015

“The speed at which everything is happening is quicker than ever, and IT needs to be more agile than ever”, said Connie Barrera, director information assurance and CISO of Miami-based Jackson Health System, speaking Wednesday at Citrix Synergy 2015 in […]

May 14, 2015

If you haven’t gotten serious about data cyberattacks at your organization, now’s the time to do so. Because they’re about to hit companies worldwide with a $2.1 trillion price tag. At least that’s according to new research published by Juniper […]

May 5, 2015

Meaningful Use is an important set of criteria designed to improve quality and safety, but is it accomplishing its mission? The proposed rules for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 3 were just released by both CMS and the ONC. Many writers […]

May 4, 2015

The feds have released guidance to providers on how to protect patient data — but a recent breach shows why training staff may be the most crucial step. After two of the biggest breaches of patients’ protected health information (PHI) […]