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U of Miami loses data on 2.1 million patients
HHS plans surprise HIPAA audits
HiMSS08: IT execs ready to lock down security
VA could spend $20M on data breach response
It looks like a recent data breach suffered by the Department of Veterans Affairs could be very pricey. Officials continue to deal with the recent loss of a hard drive, which disappeared from a VA medical center in Birmingham, AL in January of this year. The disk contained confidential data on any U.S. doctor billed Medicaid or Medicare through 2004, as well as more than 500,000 VA patients. To …
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As the top story below reminds us, it doesn't take a sophisticated attack to expose critical patient data. In fact, in this case, something as simple as an unsecured Web server was to blame.
Unfortunately, …
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I'm delighted to hear that doctors are taking e-care seriously (see below). Like most of you, I've been online for more than ten years, so my attitude is, "Hey, it's about time!"
However, if I were advising a smaller medical practice, I …
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