The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a long-awaited addendum to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The four previous provisions combined to create the comprehensive new rule, which is intended to bolster patient privacy protections while simul...

The healthcare industry has been an avid adopter of new technology such as the cloud and mobile devices. The proliferation of electronic health records has yielded significant advantages for doctors and other health professionals, but technology deployments may be accelerating faster than data secur...

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently released a report analyzing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data breach records. Noting that a large portion of these breaches involved lost or stolen laptops and mobile devices, the report concluded that data c...

Despite stringent regulatory mandates, the healthcare industry has been an avid adopter of new technology. Mobility in particular has proven to be a boon for doctors and other hospital staff. For this reason, looking at IT implementations within healthcare organizations can serve as a good way to le...

Healthcare organizations are frequently victimized by data breaches. Cybercriminals target this sector due to the type of information on record - information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers can be the starting point for a credit card fraud scheme. A recent presentation from consult...