4 latest HIPAA settlements – Becker's Hospital Review

27. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
4 latest HIPAA settlementsBecker’s Hospital ReviewThe following HIPAA settlements were reported within the past eight weeks on Becker’s Hospital Review. They are listed here in reverse chronological order from when they were reported. 1. Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System agreed to … Powered by WPeMatico

Logz.io ​Becomes First ELK HIPAA-Compliant Log Analytics Platform – Yahoo Finance

23. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Logz.io ​Becomes First ELK HIPAA-Compliant Log Analytics PlatformYahoo FinanceTEL AVIV, ISRAEL and BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – February 23, 2017) – ​Logz.io ​announced today that the company has become the first open source log analytics platform to be HIPAA​-compliant. Logz.io offers an AI-powered ELK Stack (Elasticsearch … and more » Powered by WPeMatico

University Lacked HIPAA-Compliant Agreement with Medical Records – Herald & Review

23. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Herald & Review University Lacked HIPAA-Compliant Agreement with Medical RecordsHerald & ReviewIn the Guidance, OCR addresses the privacy and security concerns that arise when HIPAA covered entities and business associates utilize cloud service providers (“CSP”) to create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic protected health information …Lessons Gleaned From Recent HIPAA Settlements: An Ounce of Prevention ...

HIPAA compliance report card – CSO Online

22. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
CSO Online HIPAA compliance report cardCSO OnlineThe HIPAA Security Rule requires the standards be applied to safeguard and protect ePHI when it’s at rest and in transit. There are three parts to the HIPAA Security Rule – technical safeguards, physical safeguards and administrative safeguards. HIPAA … Powered by WPeMatico

HHS announces the Move Health Data Forward Phase 2 challenge winners

22. February 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Electronic solutions designed to help consumers share personal health data easily and securely The Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 2 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winning submissions will now move on to the challenge’s last phase to ...

Provider pays $5.5 million in HIPAA settlement – McKnight's Long Term Care News

20. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
McKnight’s Long Term Care News Provider pays $5.5 million in HIPAA settlementMcKnight’s Long Term Care News“Although it had workforce access policies and procedures in place, MHS failed to implement procedures with respect to reviewing, modifying and/or terminating users’ right of access, as required by the HIPAA Rules,” the agency said in its release. MHS …$5.5 ...

Memorial Hospital pays $5.5M in settlement over potential HIPAA violations – Sun Sentinel

17. February 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Sun Sentinel Memorial Hospital pays $5.5M in settlement over potential HIPAA violationsSun SentinelMemorial Healthcare Systems has agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over potential HIPAA violations. The security breach was discovered when Memorial launched an internal investigation in 2012 …Memorial Healthcare System pays $5.5 million to ...

$5.5 million HIPAA settlement shines light on the importance of audit controls

17. February 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Memorial Healthcare Systems (MHS) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $5.5 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules and agreed to implement a robust corrective action plan. MHS is a nonprofit corporation which operates six hospitals, an ...

Lack of timely action risks security and costs money

02. February 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) civil money penalty against Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Children’s) based on its impermissible disclosure of unsecured electronic protected health information (ePHI) and non-compliance over many years with multiple standards ...