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NewsOne-third of medical practices haven't done security risk assessments
While 75 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed by HIMSS, the Medical Group Management Association and Intel have conducted security risk assessments as required by the federal EHR incentive Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA audit reveals security holes in outsourced teleradiology
A Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general audit of remote radiological patient image analysis practices found several security holes in the department's handling of patient data. The audit, Read more...
Massachusetts hospital may have lost backup files affecting 800,000 people
A third-party firm contracted out by a Massachusetts hospital to destroy sensitive computer files cannot confirm that it wiped them clean, leaving hundreds of thousands of patients at risk for Read more...
Available local IT talent lets Mich. Blues keep jobs at home
Score one for America. Also, score one for jobs-starved Detroit. And leave it to health IT to be the catalyst for hiring. When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan looked to cut costs, it determined it Read more...
Study: Healthcare IT spending to grow, slowly, during '09
A new study by market research firm Health Industry Insights (HII) predicts that healthcare IT spending will grow this year, albeit slowly, despite the U.S. economy's continued troubles. It's the Read more...
GA hospital health data breach due to outsourcing error
In recent years, Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital has made the news for its long-standing financial problems and board-room dramas. This time, however, it's a medical data breach that is bringing Read more...
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