If you work in a healthcare organization and you have a laptop it should be encrypted. We have heard many discussions about why a laptop does not need to be encrypted. Some of the reasons include; it doesn’t contain patient information or it never leaves the office or it never leaves our employee’s possession. Laptops...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is advising people to disable Java in their browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, etc.). According to a CBS News report: The recommendation came in an advisory issued late Thursday, following up on concerns raised by computer security experts. Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java’s coding that...
Gienna Shaw over at FierceHealthIT has an entertaining article on some to the strangest security breaches in 2012. Here are her “highlights” of 2012. 1.) EMR held ransom (We also discussed another EMR ransom case here) In the Lake County case, an unauthorized remote user posted a message on the practice’s server stating that its...
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has fined the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) $50,000 for a breach resulting from a stolen laptop. What makes this unique is it represents the first time an organization has been fined for a breach of less than 500 patients. We will take a look at the details...
In an article over at Healthcare IT News, Philadelphia attorney Christopher Ezold gives some very good insight that organizations should not ignore HIPAA requirements. Ezold hits on many good points to drive this home: Ezold warns that while enforcement of PHI rules have been lax in the past, the Department of Health and Human Services...
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