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If providers do a better job of training their staff, privacy breaches will be far less common, according to a new report issued by the AHIMA. Experts quoted in the report note that the recent rash Read more...

The reports detailing federal data security holes keep rolling in, but somehow, nobody seems to be Read more...

For several months, the VA has been under intense scrutiny as it struggles to close the massive holes in its …

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Two healthcare organizations are taking a public beating over info security breaches that exposed patient data--and one of them may be on the hook for huge legal penalties. The Akron Children's Hospital publicly admitted last week that an intruder had gained access to patient and charitable donor information. Around Labor Day, the hospital learned that German intruders had accessed information concerning about 200,000 patients. The data included Social Security numbers, bank account …

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The recent indictment of a former Florida employee for conspiracy to commit health care fraud with the personal information of more than 1,100 Florida patients probably won't result in big civil fines against the hospital by the federal government--which has yet to sanction a hospital or other health care entity for patient privacy breaches--says a news article in the Florida Naples News.

The case is potentially precedent-setting as it is the first in South Florida to be …

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Oops. More than 40 percent of federal contractors to the Medicare and Tricare programs and state Medicaid agencies responding to a survey by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said they had experienced privacy breaches involving personal healthcare information of beneficiaries, according to a study of 378 contractors and agencies.

Was outsourcing a factor? Kinda sounds like it. More than 90 percent of Medicare contractors and state Medicaid agencies and 63 percent of …

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