Faced with a batch of bad publicity about healthcare information security, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an effort to help polish its image.
An earlier reported case of a stolen unencrypted laptop that led to a breach of information on New Mexico Medicaid patients also affects Medicaid patients in Tennessee.
A California hospital will fire five employees and discipline another because they used social media to post personal discussions about hospital patients.
A data loss prevention system can help focus efforts to encrypt sensitive patient information, says Steve Scott, IT security manager St. Charles Health System in Oregon.
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic wasn't as devastating as some experts feared, but financial institutions still learned some valuable lessons that can be applied to future emergencies.
The rapid growth of telemedicine, especially the use of cell phones for healthcare applications, is raising new security issues, says Jon Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association.
Information on 708 kidney dialysis patients, including their Social Security numbers, was accessible on a University of Louisville web site for more than 19 months as a result of a programming error.
AvMed Health Plans, which earlier reported a breach stemming from the theft of two laptops, now says one of the devices may have included information on more than 1.2 million of its current and former members.
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