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Unsecured emails trigger breach at Memphis medical center

 Erin McCann May 13, 2013
An official from the Regional Medical Center in Memphis called the gaffe "an innocent employee mistake" and said there is no evidence that the data was used inappropriately.
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AHIMA offers mHealth app best practices

 Mike Miliard May 08, 2013
The association's guide offers several recommendations for maximizing mobile health applications, privacy and security tips among them.
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Q&A: Why IT security grows more complex

 Anthony Brino May 07, 2013
With digitization and interconnected devices come HIPAA compliance costs and a web of security issues. Organizations should thus be devoting extra scrutiny to vendors and designing security architectures from the get-go, one cyber-security analyst suggests.
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Vets file class action over VA breach

 Anthony Brino May 03, 2013
Two veterans in South Carolina have filed a class action lawsuit against the VA stemming from a February breach, arguing that it would have been preventable with encryption.
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ONC partnership eyes interoperability through governance

 Anthony Brino April 04, 2013
A new cooperative agreement between the ONC, Direct Trust and the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup will be crafting implementation and security accreditations to expand HIE -- one route to interoperability governance that does not require complicated (or controversial) national regulations.
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OHSU has third data breach

 Erin McCann March 26, 2013
An encrypted laptop containing PHI was stolen and, as such, Oregon Health & Science University is notifying patients.
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OIG: VA sending unencrypted patient data

 Anthony Brino March 07, 2013
The VA's Office of the Inspector General has found VA medical centers sending patient data unencrypted over the Internet and potentially exposing IP addresses, amid an apparent delay in IT security implementation.
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Redspin says PHI a juicy target for cybercriminals

 Erin McCann February 14, 2013
A new report found that fewer patient records were compromised, but breaches spiked upward and the firm cautioned against complacency, saying that last year's attack on the Utah health department might be "the canary in the coal mine."
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5 tips to gear up for an OCR audit

 Benjamin Harris January 25, 2013
The Office of Civil Rights is "putting the industry on notice" of its intent to continue ratcheting up compliance audits in 2013.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan January 25, 2013
This Week in Government Health IT ... the omnibus rule from several different perspectives, state CIOs top priorities, and consumerizing health services.
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Telehealth and the broadband problem

 Tony Bardo January 24, 2013
Remote diagnoses are only the beginning of telehealth's promise. If we can overcome the lack of understanding about broadband.
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Commentary: A new CDS standard for meaningful use stage 3 and beyond

 Howard R. Strasberg, MD January 23, 2013
A look at how the Health eDecisions project is aimed at bolstering mainstream use of evidence-based practices.
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mHealth VC slowed in second half of 2012

 Erin McCann January 22, 2013
Venture capitalists were cautious when it came to technologies that impact patient care, according to a new report, which also explained that a more stable investment environment may be better in the long run.
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HIMSS commentary: Mobile as the third health constant

 Chuck Parker January 22, 2013
Continua Health Alliance executive director Chuck Parker explains how meaningful use, in combination with the influx of mobile devices, "represents a historic opportunity to leverage technology for preventive and consultative care."
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Q&A: On remaining ambiguities in the final HIPAA rule

 Tom Sullivan January 21, 2013
Despite offering certain clarifications, the final rule on HIPAA privacy and security leaves some areas open to interpretation, data breach notification among those.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan January 18, 2013
Meaningful use stage ... 3! The potential for organized crime to purloin millions of medical records, 3 ways to turn HIE into a functioning market, and HIT perspectives from around the globe.
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3 tips for safeguarding against data breaches

 Benjamin Harris January 17, 2013
There are ways to keep BYOD under control and the information safe from being lost or stolen and the audits and fines that might follow.
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Are providers ripe for a massive medical records heist?

 Tom Sullivan January 14, 2013
Stolen health records are worth five orders of magnitude more than financial ones -- and as mobile devices, electronic information exchange, and healthcare cloud repositories proliferate across an industry lagging in encryption practices, those health records might become more alluring to organized criminals.
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Not merely lost: What happens to stolen health records

 Tom Sullivan January 14, 2013
There are well-known ways that thieves make use of medical data and then there are some surprises, such as marketing ploys.
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Quick question: What will it take for all hospitals to practice encryption?

Alan Joch January 11, 2013
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