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EHRs a major cause of patient info breaches
The "aggressive" adoption of electronic health records is one of the biggest reasons for the rise in security breaches of patient records, according to HIMSS' latest analytics report on the security
Can 'clouds' protect patient data from security breaches?
While cloud-based electronic health records (EHRs) have received a fair amount of publicity lately, nagging questions accompany their discussion: Are cloud-based EHRs protected from security breaches
EHRs cited as data breaches continue upward climb
A move toward electronic health record (EHR) use by hospitals and provider organizations may be one of the top reasons behind the rising numbers of medical data breaches occurring across the country.
Dr. Keely Cofrin Allen: 'Strict protocols' needed for data security to work
In a privacy survey conducted by the Michigan-based Ponemon Institute, many healthcare IT professionals admitted that their organization may have failed to comply with various regulations such as the
Health data at risk during software development
The use of real patient data in the development of new software and systems may be putting sensitive personal health information and personally identifiable information at risk of exposure and data
Data breaches occur as often as actual theft
If you suffer a security breach in your EHR this year, it's a 50/50 shot on whether it was accidental or intentional. At least, that's one of the lessons you should take from a list of 10 hospitals
Data breaches: Another opportunity for bad publicity
Hospitals and other healthcare providers have been under the microscope this year due to security breaches involving patient data. However, slowly but surely, data breaches at health insurers are
