Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle Medical Privacy Questions
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0700
The Wall Street Journal: "Rite Aid Corp. agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of government privacy rules after regulators said it failed to protect customers' and employees' financial and medical information. The drug-store chain's agreement with the Federal Trade Commission requ...more

ID Experts Announces RADAR™: A HITECH Risk Assessment Tool For Healthcare Security Breach Incidents Affecting Patient Privacy
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0700
Whenever there is a security breach of any size involving protected health information (PHI), the healthcare industry is now required under the HITECH Act to complete an incident-specific risk assessment. ID Experts®, the leader in comprehensive data breach solutions that deliver the most positive o...more

Electronic Health Care Plagued By Insecurities
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0700
Information security and privacy in the healthcare sector is an issue of growing importance but much remains to be done to address the various issues raised by healthcare consumers regarding privacy and security and the providers' perspective of regulatory compliance...

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HHS Proposes Stricter Patient Privacy Rules
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:00:00 -0700
New rules have been proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen patient privacy protections......more

Health provider partners may face privacy fines
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:57:17 -0700
U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a new federal rule proposed on Thursday....more

NIST Software Security Patent To Help Improve Health IT Privacy
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0700
A computer security invention patented* a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now poised to help safeguard patient privacy in hospitals......more

Dell Hedging On Health IT Investment; Privacy Concerns Remain
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0700
The Wall Street Journal: Dell is hoping to capitalize on its purchase of health technology firm Perot Systems by providing services to new clients such as the 2,600-doctor Methodist Hospital System in Houston. Dell has contracted to create an electronic medical records system for Methodist, a new fo...more