by Gary Pritts | Oct 9, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
During a traffic stop and arrest August, the Tampa Police found patient documents regarding patients of Tampa General Hospital in the car. According to the hospital’s statement regarding the incident, a subsequent internal investigation by the hospital revealed that... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 22, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Identifying routine disclosures is key to safeguarding patient PHI During what Jersey City Medical Center called “a part of routine hospital operations,” an employee sent a UPS package containing to a company engaged by the New Jersey State Medicaid program. The... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 12, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
A list of nearly 5 million Gmail email addresses linked with passwords were leaked on a Russian Bitcoin security forum this week, but Google says not to worry. According to this article from Forbes.com, “There’s speculation that the addresses may hay been stolen from... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 11, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Recently, 6,500 patients of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California were notified of a breach of their protected health information. A former employee (on his last day of employment in August) removed the medical records of the patients and brought them to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 11, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced yet another delay in the start of the long-awaited HIPAA Audit Program. This time, a technology upgrade is to blame. In June, we blogged about the OCR’s plan for Phase 2 of its audit program, which was projected to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 4, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Several celebrities had their privacy compromised this week when nude photos they had uploaded to Apple’s iCloud were stolen by hackers and shared on the Internet. On Tuesday, Apple said that the theft of the photos was due to “very targeted attacks” on the... Read More
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