Cybersecurity: Page 11

CynergisTek rolls out security service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CynergisTek has launched its HIPAA/HITECH Security Compliance Review service for small hospitals.
April 12, 2010
MITA, DoD plan device security conference
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will participate in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored conference on medical device security April 14-15 in Arlington, VA.
April 4, 2010
Radiologist hacks hospital PACS to access patient records
By Donna Domino
A small Connecticut hospital has notified nearly 1,000 patients that their imaging records have been breached by a radiologist who hacked into the PACS network for a month after being fired in February -- with the apparent goal of stealing the hospital's patients.
March 30, 2010
Stress leads to more heart attacks among police, firefighters
By Eric Barnes
Police officers and firefighters are far more likely than the general population to suffer heart attacks or sudden cardiac death on the job. But their coronary CT calcium scores don't differ all that much from those of the general population, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta.
March 14, 2010
The Profit Center: Part 12 -- Exclusive contracts and hospital stipends under attack
By Mark F. Weiss
Fear of rising healthcare costs is being exploited to attack exclusive agreements and stipend support from hospitals to hospital-based physicians, according to healthcare business and legal affairs expert Mark Weiss. He offers advice for counterattack in this edition of the Proft Center.
February 18, 2010
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Firm: Hacker attacks on HIT doubled in Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An information security firm is reporting that attempted hacker attacks launched against its 82 healthcare clients doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009.
February 1, 2010
HIMSS survey: Hospitals not ready to protect electronic records
By Cynthia E. Keen
U.S. healthcare organizations may be inadequately prepared to deal with security challenges and the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to maintain privacy and security of patient health data, according to a security survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
November 11, 2009
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Wake Radiology exits UNC registry in hacker aftermath
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
On the heels of a recent hacker attack on a mammography research computer server at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), North Carolina radiology group Wake Radiology has decided to suspend its participation in the Carolina Mammography Registry study.
October 22, 2009
UNC research server hit by hacker attack
By Erik L. Ridley
A computer server at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) has been hacked, potentially compromising the personal data of 236,000 women involved in a mammography research study.
September 28, 2009
Google joins National Cyber Security Alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Cyber Security Alliance announced that Google has joined the association's board of directors.
August 16, 2009
HHS delegates HIPAA enforcement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has assigned authority for administering and enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule to its Office for Civil Rights.
August 3, 2009
Healthcare facilities vigorously enforce patient privacy
By Wayne Forrest
While inquiring minds may want to see the medical records of a relative, friend, co-worker, or other patients, accessing them is in clear violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. Hospitals and healthcare facilities around the U.S. are taking concerted measures and investing millions of dollars to ensure that privacy violations don't happen.
August 26, 2007
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