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NewsReport: Data breaches from unencrypted devices up 525% in 2011
Healthcare organizations need to "serve as their own watchdog" to increase security and decrease data breaches, a new report from IT security audit firm Redspin concludes. The increase in "bring your Read more...
HHS: 'Major' health data breaches now up to 385
The number of "major" healthcare information breaches--those impacting 500 or more individuals--has hit 385 since 2009, according to the Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Read more...
Healthcare industry poorly protecting patient privacy
Healthcare organizations and other industry players are falling short in protecting the privacy and security of patient information, according to a new report from consulting firm PwC. A survey of Read more...
Unencrypted thumb drive compromises vets' health info
Unencrypted thumb drive. "Those three words don't make VA CIOs happy," said Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker during his monthly press briefing on data breaches. According to Baker, an Read more...
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 Read more...
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 Read more...
New-York Presbyterian leaks data on thousands of patients
New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center "inadvertently" posted the personal information of about 6,800 patients--including names, clinical data and 10 Social Security Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA has more problems with paper than electronic data
Paper is much more problematic than electronic data, according to Department of Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker. At a recent press briefing on potential data breaches, Baker noted that one VA Read more...
Healthcare sees fewer data breaches than other industries
Healthcare accounted for just 3 percent of the data breaches reviewed by Verizon and the U.S. Secret Service according to a new report on cybercrime. The biggest targets, not surprisingly, were Read more...
OCR now publicly identifying practices reporting some HIPAA breaches
The updated website of the HHS Office for Civil Rights--the office responsible for enforcing HIPAA privacy and security provisions--no longer is protecting the anonymity of private practices Read more...
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