The nation's healthcare information exchanges must focus on privacy and security as they develop new functions and features, says Irene Koch, executive director of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange.
Two recent healthcare information breaches illustrate that even routine business processes, like throwing away old filing cabinets or mailing letters, can be risky.
Insurer Health Net will pay $250,000 in damages and offer stronger consumer protections to settle a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal over a breach in 2009.
The Federal Aviation Administration is inadequately securing medical and personal information on the more than 3 million airmen who it certifies as being fit to operate an aircraft, according to a new report.
WellPoint Inc., which owns Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in 14 states, is notifying 470,000 people who applied for individual health insurance coverage that their information may have been breached on a web site.
The official list of major healthcare information breaches, launched four months ago, now includes 99 incidents affecting almost 3.5 million Americans.
Executives at a Nevada physician group are investigating how many patients were affected when an unencrypted server was stolen June 11 from an administrative office in Reno, Nev.
If you're looking for a way to persuade your CEO and board of directors to provide increased funding for information security, show them the list of major breaches reported to federal regulators.
DHS's Greg Schaffer tells the House Homeland Security Committee that the department would lead most responses to cyber attacks but definitive roles won't be determined until the administration completes a national incident response plan.
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