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A segment of Allied Physicians Group of Michiana’s network system was down due to a ransomware attack. This episode occurred on May 17, 2018. The attacker encrypted a number of data files stored on the [...] -
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in general is applicable to European Union residents in the EU. However how does the GDPR affect EU citizen when he leaves his country and reside in the US [...]
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There are numerous benefits to utilizing the cloud. A growing number of healthcare companies are using the cloud for their IT needs like migrating programs, infrastructure and datacenter functions. Even so, a big concern is [...]
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UnityPoint Health identified a data breach on February 15, 2018 which led to the compromise of 16,429 patients’ protected health information. It seems that the data breach happened as a result of the failure of [...]
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People ask a lot of questions about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is going to be enforced on May 25, 2018. Employees ask how the GDPR apply to their personal data. The GDPR [...]
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) does not pursue many criminal penalties for HIPAA violations. But in cases of serious patient privacy violation, such as when the protected health information (PHI) is impermissibly disclosed with malicious [...]
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A former employee of Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) got hold of the protected health information of about 100 patients after being terminated from work. She had collected personal items from her old [...]
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Many people talk about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) nowadays with its pending enforcement on May 25, 2018. Since the GDPR is an EU law, does it only impact organizations located within the EU? [...]
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MEDantex, a transcription service provider, accidentally left patient medical records unsecured and freely accessible to anyone without the need of a password. The error in restricting access to a physician’s portal resulted in the exposure [...]
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For the first quarter of 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 77 reports of healthcare data breaches. Over one million patients and health plan members were affected [...]
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