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NewsUCLA Health System CEO: Britney Spears data breach was a catalyst for change
The UCLA Health System at the UCLA Medical Center has the dubious distinction of being home to some of the most notorious HIPAA violations--employees snooped in the personal health records of singer Read more...
VA offers credit monitoring to veterans after personal info posted online
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit monitoring for one year to more than 2,200 veterans after their personal information was posted on the website Ancestry.com, according to Read more...
Privacy bill requires consent for collection of personal health info
Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R.-Ariz.) have introduced a commercial privacy bill to protect consumers against the unauthorized collection, use, and dissemination of their personal Read more...
Colorado HIE efforts spotlight privacy issues
A recent Denver Post article about the Colorado health information exchange (HIE) reveals the disconnect between the nationwide effort to connect health records online to improve patient care and Read more...
Pharmacies sue CVS Caremark over privacy issues
Patient and physician privacy apparently are being compromised in all kinds of ways in Texas. In just the past few days, we've learned that: * The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has 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...
HIPAA is getting stronger and the rules are getting tougher
In addition to authorizing a net $19.2 billion in health IT funding, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act tightens HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The standards will be more stringent Read more...
Study: Better staff training could protect EMR privacy
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...
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