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Keep up to date on industry newsJudge Upholds HIPAA Fines for Texas Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) will have to pay more than $4.3 million in HIPAA fines because of three separate data breaches that occurred in 2012 and 2013…
ePHI Could be at Risk as a Result of Decentralizing Health Care
With the increase in decentralizing medical care, the risk of ePHI being breached is greater than ever before…
Ransomware Tops List of Cyber Insurance Claims
Cyber insurance claims are on the rise and ransomware attacks top the charts according to a recent report from the American International Group (AIG)…
OCR Warns Organizations to Pay Attention to Physical Security
The latest newsletter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) highlights the importance of physical security in safeguarding protected health information (PHI)…
Breach Lasts More Than 3 Years, Affects 1,000-Plus Patients
In February 2018, the Des Moines Crisis Observation Center (DCOC) operated by Polk County Health Services Inc., discovered a breach, and, upon further investigation, discovered it started in June 2014…
Posting PHI on Facebook is a Privacy Breach
Recently , University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) fired three employees after a patient’s medical information was posted on Facebook…
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