You want to surplus a photocopier? Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Pay $1,215,780 for not paying attention to Information Security. Read about it here: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/12m-photocopy-breach-proves-costly … [Read more...] about Surplus a photocopier, pay $1,215,780 HIPAA fine.
It's 2013 and some organizations still don't take information security seriously. Maybe lawsuits are a cheap result. Read the confession here: http://www.retinalmd.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Retinal-Consultants-HIPAA-Notification.pdf … [Read more...] about Stolen laptop compromises patient data . . .
Rocky Mountain Spine Clinic fired an employee for policy violations when she emailed protected information to her personal email account so she could work in the evening. Technically, she misappropriated and stole protected health information. Read about it … [Read more...] about Work from home? You’re fired!
Oregon Health & Science University is notifying 3,044 patients that their OHSU health information was stored on an Internet-based email and/or document storage service, also known as a "cloud" computing system. Although the Internet-based service provider (Google Drive, Google Mail) is password-protected and has security measures and policies in place to protect … [Read more...] about HIPAA : Read the Fine Print!
Indiana University Health Arnett, Inc. notified 10,300 patients of a potential data breach when a laptop was taken from an employee’s car in April which may have contained unencrypted personal information. The hospital is continuing to investigate but assured the public that no Social Security numbers or financial information was included on the … [Read more...] about University Health notifies patients of data breach