HIPAA Media Access: Film Crews in Healthcare Facilities
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued several Notices of Enforcement Discretion during the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, OCR will not [...]
National Security Agency Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Teleworkers
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence. Recently, the NSA [...]
A String of Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Affect Thousands
Several healthcare ransomware attacks have occurred over the past few months. Healthcare ransomware attacks occur when hackers access a healthcare organization’s patient data, demanding a sum [...]
Replace HIPAA With New Federal Privacy Laws? ITIF Says Yes
The Information Technology and Innovation Fund (ITIF), a prominent independent, nonpartisan think tank, has recommended a repeal of a number of U.S. privacy regulations, including HIPAA. ITIF has recommended [...]
What is a HIPAA Data Use Agreement?
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a limited data set is a set of identifiable healthcare information that covered entities are permitted to share with certain entities for research purposes, [...]
HIPAA Photo Violations
HIPAA photo violations occur when healthcare providers release images of a patient without prior authorization. HIPAA requires organizations working with protected health information (PHI) to ensure [...]
HIPAA Privacy Rule: PHI Reidentification
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, de-identification of protected health information (PHI) is the removal of specific information about a patient that can be used alone or in combination with [...]
Phishing Emails Seemingly from Popular Companies
Phishing emails target recipients by posing as trusted entities, with the purpose of accessing the recipient's email account. Hackers have become sophisticated in drafting such emails, with 90% of cyberattacks [...]
PHI Protection: How to Secure Healthcare Data
Healthcare data breaches have been highlighted recently, with several large breaches occurring over the last few months. Hackers target the healthcare industry as they hold a wealth of sensitive [...]
Overconfidence in Healthcare Data Security Putting PHI at Risk
Integris researchers conducted a survey in which they asked healthcare leadership to assess their data privacy maturity. They surveyed 258 executives from mid to large organizations, and found that [...]
