HIPAA

There are allegations that a ransomware attack at a medical center contributed to the death of an infant. An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses a lawsuit that has been filed against Springhill Medical Center in Alabama, for the death of an infant. This is the first know lawsuit against a medical provider for an injury or death related to the EHR being unavailable due to ransomware.

Summary of lessons healthcare can learn from the Facebook outage including Break Glass Policy, Backup Systems, Human error and Risk Mitigation

The Department of Health and Human Services today announced workplace guidance on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s applicability to disclosures and requests for information about whether a person has received a COVID-19 vaccine.

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address Credit Card security, Web Browser security and Cell Phone Security

With the increase of cloud-based software and work from home movement, it is time to start addressing cybersecurity threats we face outside the workplace. The first step is making sure that the hardware you are using to access the office network or cloud-based systems are secure.

Each of us uses a web browser to access the internet. Among the most widely used are Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari. There are also may other browsers available to be used to surf the net. As a medical professional you are responsible to make sure your browser is not the source of a HIPAA Security Breach in your office.

The answer is yes. Malware can be installed on your phone that can secretly record the microphone, phone calls, access the camera, access passwords on the phone and track the location of a mobile phone.

While passwords are good security tools, we cannot blindly rely on them to protect our computers.

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address the HIPAA Privacy Manual, enabling your hardware firewall and tracking internet of things

On June 29, The Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Program released a news article on vulnerabilities in PACS Systems. PACS systems are Picture Archiving Communication Systems. These are commonly used for the storage and sharing of medical images such as radiographs, CT scans, and MRI images.