As more providers are using digital data, privacy and security issues have become a greater concern. Protecting confidential patient information is also a priority for IT vendors, who are interested in offering solutions that come equipped with heightened security features. The industry-wide transition to HIPAA 5010 code set comes with heightened emphasis on privacy of patient data content in provider transactions, since 5010 aims to ensure that only the "minimum necessary" personal health information required for business purposes is included in a transaction.
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Medical centers that elect to keep psychiatric files private and separate from the rest of a person's medical record may be doing their patients a disservice, a Johns Hopkins study concludes.
January 2, 2013
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Employers who ignore or are only partially compliant with healthcare privacy issues could face greater government scrutiny and fines, says Philadelphia attorney Christopher Ezold.
January 2, 2013
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The 70-bed Gibson General Hospital in southwest Indiana announced a data breach involving the personal health information of some 29,000 patients.
January 2, 2013
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It's a hard knock life for patient privacy - with this past year alone seeing some of the largest data breaches yet investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
January 1, 2013
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Patient Privacy Rights founder Deborah Peel, MD, is calling for cloud-computing guidelines around the issues of secure infrastructure, security standards and business associate agreements.
December 31, 2012
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Kroll Advisory Solutions has released its 2013 Cyber Security Forecast, spotlighting some of the pressing and perhaps unexpected privacy and security issues healthcare and other organizations may be grappling with in the coming year.
December 28, 2012
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Approximately 4,000 patients at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) have been notified this December that their personal health information has been compromised after an unencrypted device containing patient medical data was stolen from the car of an Omnicell employee.
December 26, 2012
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a mobile health privacy and security education campaign, aimed at giving a framework for providers just starting to use mobile devices. Called "Know the RISKS," the campaign features recommendations and materials, including a short YouTube video explaining the intersection of HIPAA and mobile devices.
December 21, 2012
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Hospital and health system leaders are only mildly confident in their group's level of preparedness to successfully meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements, with most seeing training and management changes as the biggest compliance challenges, according to the findings of a new KPMG poll.
December 20, 2012
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The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has announced updates to its Common Security Framework (CSF) related to Stage 2 meaningful use, mobile devices and more. It has also unveiled new enhancements to its CSF assessment tool.
December 19, 2012
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For the coming new year, healthcare groups and their business associates need to get their privacy and security houses in order, as they will be facing new audits and more monetary enforcement surrounding data breaches -- this according to Leon Rodriguez, director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services.
December 18, 2012
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The National eHealth Collaborative's Health Information Exchange Learning Network has recommendations for tackling some of the most challenging HIE issues.
December 18, 2012
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