OCR’s Publicly Disclosed Large Breaches Now Top 20 Million Impacted Individuals
May 16, 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA/HITECH Act privacy and security enforcement arm, Office for...
Finally, HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement Final Rules at OMB
Mar 24, 2012
March 24, 2012. Today, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in...
Nearly 8.3 Million Individuals Impacted by 249 Privacy and Security Breaches Reported by HHS; More Training on Safeguarding PHI Required
Mar 22, 2011
Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery...
200 Breaches Impacting Almost 5.9 Million Individuals, with Theft and Loss of Laptops and PEDs Major Cause
Dec 6, 2010
December 2, 2010.M Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of...
OCR Stepping Up HIPAA Security Enforcement
May 13, 2010
Health Data Management (HDM) reported today, May 12, that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health...
Technical Safeguard Standards of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule
Jun 1, 2009
There are five technical safeguard standards: access control, audit controls, integrity, person or entity authentication, and transmission security. Each standard...
Physical Safeguard Standard, Workstation Use-What to Do and How to Do It
May 13, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, Workstation Use is the second Physical Safeguard Standard. There is...