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Seattle system will pay $100K HIPAA fine after repeated breaches
A Seattle-based health system has agreed to pay a $100,000 HIPAA fine to HHS--as well as improve its medical data security--after failing to properly secure data backup tapes, disks and laptops. This Read more...
Study: Top health IT initiatives listed
According to a new study sponsored by healthcare IT company Logicalis, data storage is the top driver for many hospital and healthcare IT projects underway right now. However, when it comes to the Read more...
U.S. hospitals have security 'blind spot'
A new study confirms what many health IT administrators already know--that hospitals aren't doing a great job when it comes to investing in security. The study, which was commissioned by risk Read more...
NIH security breach includes data on U.S. Rep
Now this must be a little embarrassing for officials at NIH. As it turns out, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) was one of 3,000 patients involved in a cardiac MRI study whose records were possibly lost when a Read more...
UCLA staff accused of viewing Britney Spears' records
In what is unfortunately an all-too-predictable episode, UCLA Medical Center executives have said that they're investigating 13 staff members who seem to have accessed Britney Spears' medical Read more...
UCLA staff accused of viewing Britney Spears' records
In what is unfortunately an all-too-predictable episode, UCLA Medical Center executives have said that they're investigating 13 staff members who seem to have accessed Britney Spears' medical records Read more...
New Hampshire EMR privacy rule struck down
This week, the New Hampshire House rejected a measure that would have added new privacy protections to EMRs. The bill, which was opposed by providers and hospitals, would have allowed patients to Read more...
Clinical IT leads to security neglect at hospitals
This week's piece from Network World points to a troubling problem--that hospitals are in crosshairs these days when it comes to cyberattacks and other forms of black-hat hacking. Given the growing Read more...
Report: HIEs/RHIOs are states' top HIT priorities
States consider health information exchanges and RHIOs (pick your acronym) to be their top e-health priorities, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. When surveyed in 2007, 25 of 41 of states Read more...
HiMSS '08: Navigating the vendor maze
So, HiMSS '08 is upon us. You know, it seems like only yesterday that my feet were recovering from the blisters I got walking the giant show floor in New Orleans last year! This HiMSS, which takes Read more...
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