Search Results for "Ponemon Institute"

Sort by: Date | Rating | # Views | # Comments

5 steps to managing data security risks in the cloud

 Rick Kam March 12, 2013
Healthcare organizations must be deliberate when choosing what data to place in the cloud, understand the risks, and be ready to assume the associated liabilities.
 (1)

5 steps to managing data security risks in the cloud

 Doug Pollack, CIPP March 12, 2013
Healthcare organizations must be deliberate when choosing what data to place in the cloud, understand the risks, and be ready to assume the associated liabilities.
 (1)

Q&A: Keeping state HIE costs low when 'rules are developed as we go'

 Tom Sullivan February 04, 2013
Janet Hofmeister discusses Florida HIE's strategy for financial sustainability, challenges, and keeping up with the rules and regulations.
 (1)

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.
 (3)

11 data security tips for a healthy organization in 2013

 Rick Kam January 08, 2013
Rick Kam collects a cadre of tactics from colleagues about the best ways to safeguard patient information from assessing risk to big data and controlling the cloud, to attacking your own leadership with phishing and social engineering campaigns.
 (0)

Patient privacy group asks HHS for HIPAA cloud guidance

 Anthony Brino December 28, 2012
As more health organizations use cloud-based IT services, a patient privacy advocacy group is urging HHS to issue guidance on HIPAA and the cloud.
 (1)

HIE and the patient privacy conundrum

 Tom Sullivan December 18, 2012
Buried within the latest Ponemon Institute study are some perhaps surprising statistics indicating that privacy and security are scaring a substantial chunk of providers away from joining a health information exchange.
 (0)

Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan December 13, 2012
ONC's annual meetup, Privacy & Security Forum, mHealth Summit and the industrial revolution ... it's This Week in Government Health IT.
(0)

Infographic: Biggest healthcare data breaches of 2012

 Erin McCann December 12, 2012
Healthcare IT News' top 10 list of the largest healthcare data breaches of 2012 should send a blaring message: Healthcare organizations are not taking the steps necessary to protect patients' personal health information.
 (0)

5 steps to protect patient privacy

Rick Kam December 07, 2012
Rick Kam of ID Experts and Ponemon Institute chairman Larry Ponemon share tactics gleaned from the field research that produced this year’s report on Patient Privacy and Data Security. Consider them starting points.
(3)

5 steps to protect patient privacy

Larry Ponemon, PhD December 07, 2012
Rick Kam of ID Experts and Ponemon Institute chairman Larry Ponemon share tactics gleaned from the field research that produced this year’s report on Patient Privacy and Data Security. Consider them starting points.
(3)

Q&A: Health orgs don't protect patient data for reasons going 'back to the industrial revolution'

 Tom Sullivan December 06, 2012
A study published Thursday by the Ponemon Institute finds data breaches skyrocketing and medical ID theft on a concerning upswing. Perhaps the deepest cause of the problem is that the industry still lacks any way to put a dollar value on its data.
 (0)

Checklist for health orgs facing the cloud imperative

 By Dennis Schmuland, MD October 01, 2012
Microsoft's chief health strategy offices outlines the 5 things to look for in a cloud provider, and recommends questions to ask about each.
(0)

How to avoid a health data spill when recycling IT

 Steve Skurnac June 25, 2012
Turning old information technology over to recyclers is a start, but it takes more than that to protect the data within them.
 (0)

13 ways to guard against mobile device risks

 Michelle McNickle June 21, 2012
Mobile devices pose a large and growing threat to healthcare data, not to mention the fines and lawsuits breaches could bring. Here is a baker's dozen of tips for safeguarding health information in this increasingly mobile world.
 (0)

8 security questions to ask your business partners

 Rick Kam April 10, 2012
Safeguarding protected health information is getting thornier, and new federal initiatives not only crack down on HIPAA covered entities but also extend the reach of their responsibility for protecting such data into trading partners. Here's what you need to know about your business associates security practices.
(1)

8 security questions to ask your business partners

 Mahmood Sher-Jan April 10, 2012
Safeguarding protected health information is getting thornier, and new federal initiatives not only crack down on HIPAA covered entities but also extend the reach of their responsibility for protecting such data into trading partners. Here's what you need to know about your business associates security practices.
(1)

PHI Project: Don't ignore breach consequences

 Bernie Monegain March 05, 2012
Newly-minted alliance formed to help healthcare entities deal with PHI breaches growing in frequency and magnitude.
 (0)

A glimpse inside the $234 billion world of medical fraud

 Rick Kam February 08, 2012
Real-world examples of medical identify theft: What it is, why you should care and 3 ways healthcare entities can protect their patients against such criminal activity.
 (0)

A glimpse inside the $234 billion world of medical fraud

 Christine Arevalo February 08, 2012
Real-world examples of medical identify theft: What it is, why you should care and 3 ways healthcare entities can protect their patients against such criminal activity.
 (0)