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Personal Health Records Program Highlights Privacy Issues
Posted on November 4th, 2010 No commentsElectronic health records vendors and healthcare providers share an intense interest in defining best practices for the privacy and security of personal health records and the US Congress is turning its attention to PHRs as well.
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PCI More Of A ‘Check-Box’ Than Security For Most Retailers
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsNearly 80 percent of retailers and organizations that handle credit card transactions have been hit with a data breach, but more than 70 percent still don’t consider security strategic to their operations, according to a new report released today.
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EKU Personal Data Compromised
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsThe personal information of thousands of Eastern Kentucky university students and employees was accidentally leaked on the internet.
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Privacy Alert: New Health Care Data Breach Notification Rules Take Effect September 23
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsIn an effort to better protect the privacy of patients, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new data breach notification regulations that take effect September 23 requiring health care providers and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when…
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Reports: Liability Coverage for Regional Health Information Organizations
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 No commentsThis report provides lessons from AHRQ-funded projects on how to navigate the immature and complicated landscape of liability within a health information exchange environment.
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Suit claims Stimulus Act puts privacy in jeopardy
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 No commentsA class action claims that the Stimulus Act jeopardizes the privacy rights of the 65 percent of Americans who aren’t on Medicaid or Medicare by requiring healthcare providers to create an electronic health record of every person in the United States.
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