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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
Security awareness in healthcare is coming of age
NEW ORLEANS - Issues surrounding data security are finally becoming more prevalent in healthcare. Although multiple sessions at this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference touted various concepts, a common theme was educating the industry on how to better plan for security. Healthcare IT consultant Tom Walsh discussed the challenges of positioning the costs of implementing a security program with institutional management.
March 1, 2007
HIPAAT introduces consent aggregation tools
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information privacy and security firm HIPAAT is unveiling a consent aggregation toolkit with new application interface (API) functionality at next week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in New Orleans.
February 21, 2007
Security considerations in transmitting medical information
Whether it involves physicians, patients, or insurance companies, communicating information is an essential component of day-to-day healthcare practices. But data that is being transmitted is exposed to public systems, and is in jeopardy of being accessed by potentially malicious third-party users. Rocklyn Lien, a radiologic technologist and PACS administrator trainer, discusses the security considerations of transmitting digital medical information in today's healthcare environment.
January 18, 2007
U.S. healthcare lags in HIPAA security compliance
By Brian Casey
November 6, 2006
HIPAA security still problematic
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
While healthcare security and privacy breaches have become recurrent front-page stories, a recent report found that nearly half of U.S. healthcare providers have made little progress in HIPAA Security Rule compliance.
November 6, 2006
Crafting an RFP for device and systems security
Increasing awareness and concern over IT security and information privacy has shaped the current U.S. regulatory climate. Accordingly, medical device manufacturers have seen a significant increase in questions related to these aspects of healthcare. Kristen Knight, an attorney and senior marketing manager for Phillips Medical Systems' product security division, offers some guidance to healthcare entities seeking security-related information for medical devices and systems.
November 5, 2006
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