by Gary Pritts | Sep 15, 2016 | Business Associates & Others, General News, HIPAA
Eagle’s opinion is that the agreement meets the minimum requirements of a HIPAA BAA, and as such Google accepts the minimum liability in the event of a data breach which is to send you “applicable Breach notifications” via email in the event of a breach. Google will not indemnify you, reimburse you for your breach notification costs, or pay any other damages.
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by Gary Pritts | Jun 23, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently detailed the 5 most common mistakes that organizations make in their HIPAA compliance programs, as reported by TechTarget’s SearchHealthIT coverage. According to OCR, the 5 most common HIPAA... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jun 21, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
This month Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Division issued an advisory regarding a flaw in Medhost’s Perioperative Information Management System (PIMS). PIMS is a widely used suite of applications for surgery departments to manage surgical cases from... Read More
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 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
