HIPAA Security

Connected cars talk to us, the internet, wireless devices, other connected cars, and soon they will talk to roadway infrastructure. Even worse, they’re listening. In an ever-growing internet of [...]

The following information about responding to a cyber-breach was provided by United State Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Civil Rights. [Click here for the full page [...]

CardioNet calls itself the “leading supplier of Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry.” In other words, they sell wireless devices that help monitor heart conditions in patients. Now CardioNet is [...]

Colorado based Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) may just be the victim of the most expensive phishing attack on record.  MCPN did not lose their money to the attackers but rather is [...]

On September 17, 2012, the Office of Civil Rights which enforces the HIPAA privacy law announced the following fine and settlement for theft of an unencrypted laptop with patient information. [...]

Just when you thought you were done with HIPAA, the final rules get published. Now you must amend your notice of privacy practices as well as your policies and procedures (dust off the binder) [...]

On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rules governing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and [...]