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Professionalism of your hospital's info security staff vital to data protection

Hospital IT departments need to increase the professionalism of staff assigned to data security, said Ali Pabrai, a Newport Beach, Calif., health IT consultant, in an article published in a patient

Fake hospital CEO on Facebook highlights social media security issues

Although more health executives are using Facebook to share health information and engage their healthcare communities, Murray-Calloway County (Ky.) Hospital's CEO learned that not all Facebook

Health industry group releases draft of security standards

We've been telling you about the new requirements for information security for all healthcare providers--that since healthcare providers are creditors, they need to have identity theft policies in

Dental HMO leaks personal information to website

Here we go again! As reported by the Baltimore Sun, a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield dental HMO accidentally leaked personal information--including Social Security numbers--of around 75,000 patients