HIPAA Blog
HIPAA Blog describes itself as "a discussion of medical privacy issues buried in political arcana." HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Author: The author is Jeff Drummond, described on other blawgs as a lawyer who represents hospitals and health care entities.
Blawg Related Categories: Health Law • Media & Communications Law
Recent Posts from HIPAA Blog
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Providence Settlement
Providence Settlement: Way back in 2006, I reported (and kept you all well updated) on an attempted laptop theft involving medical records on home health patients at Providence Health System in Oregon. An employee took…
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Medical ID theft survey
Medical Identity Theft: There's been plenty of news on medical identity theft, and it seems that the general public is getting the idea that this could be a big problem. As I've said along, it's…
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P2P filesharing data breach
Latest Data Breach, with an interesting twist: Peer-to-peer or filesharing arrangements allow people to share music, movies, and other items downloaded to their computers. But they can also be used to by a hacker to…
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Why docs don't use EHRs
Why doctors don't use EHRs: Why are doctors hesitant to use EHRs? On the whole, doctors generally embrace technology. Certainly medical technology, like imaging modalities. And they seem to be generally ahead of the curve…
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security breaches
Security Breaches: having a tough perimeter is great, but you must watch for inside (or near-inside) jobs. According to this story, most breaches come from your business associates, not from outside hackers.
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EHRs
This looks promising: The trouble with electronic medical records is getting people within the healthcare business, particularly providers, to use them. There are a couple of legitimate fears -- the "betamax" fear, where a provider…
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Medical ID Theft
Medical Identity Theft: great article from the Wall Street Journal. Hat tip: Kirk Nahra.
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Booz Allen Hamilton contract
Healthcare Identity Theft: the Office of the National Coordinator for healthcare IT has contracted with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton to find ways to fight medical ID theft. The goal is to find ways to…
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Hacker punished
An Object Lesson in Managing Employee Termination: A federal jury in San Diego has sentenced a computer engineer to 5 years in jail, and ordered him to pay $400,000 in restitution, for hacking into his…
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PHRs
Latest Personal Health Record News: USA Today reports on the plethora of companies offering electronic personal health records, either to their employees or to the public (and duly notes the medical record privacy concerns). Microsoft's…