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Lax mobile device security policies worry health IT managers
Inadequate security policies for mobile devices are a major concern of IT professionals, according to a CDW " straw poll " of IT managers in healthcare, financial services, higher education, and other
Meaningful Use impact on data encryption could be positive
I recently had a conversation with a computer security consultant who has worked in both banking and healthcare. He rated data security as very poor in most healthcare organizations, and said that
Blue Cross spends $18.5M on HIPAA violation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has the dubious distinction of becoming the first health insurer to receive a fine--a hefty $1.5 million--for violating the Health Insurance Privacy and
Professionalism of your hospital's info security staff vital to data protection
Hospital IT departments need to increase the professionalism of staff assigned to data security, said Ali Pabrai, a Newport Beach, Calif., health IT consultant, in an article published in a patient
Tennessee Blues spent $6M to encrypt data
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee spent $6 million to encrypt all of its stored data in response to a 2009 hard drive theft that contained personal information of about 1 million customers, reports
Arizona hospital, California health department lose patient records
Two more patient privacy incidents made news last week. Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., lost data cards that contained information on 2,284 endoscopy patients, the Arizona Republic
Remote users often lax with health data protection
Thanks to mobility, cloud-based storage and web access to office databases, about two-thirds of working professionals have accessed "some type of sensitive data" outside of their offices within the
Renamed Direct Project to demonstrate email-like secure messaging
NHIN Direct, we hardly knew thee. The health information exchange protocol to help small physician practices participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network and achieve a key "meaningful
HHS: Laptop theft is No. 1 source of health data breaches
Here's another reminder: Secure your laptop computers. HHS officials last week confirmed what many people have long suspected: Laptop theft is the most common source of health data breaches affecting
Pennsylvania Medicaid plans defend practices in wake of data breach
The two affiliated Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plans that recently reported the loss of a hard drive containing records of more than 285,000 enrollees say they have been working to encrypt all
