Posts Tagged ‘data security’

Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million

Filed in Security Breach, hipaa on Nov.19, 2009

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Here we have another unnecessary major security breach in a large healthcare organization which resulted in a loss of patient data demonstrating poor baseline security. They clearly are not ready for the new HIPAA provision ARRA and HITECH. Review my threats page and evaluate your current business and system risks to [...]

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Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors’ Personal Data

Filed in Security Breach, hipaa on Nov.06, 2009

Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people’s personal data at risk but this time it’s the caregivers — not the patients — who are at risk.
November 6, 2009
By Larry Barrett:
More than 10,000 physicians’ and dentists’ personal data was exposed last week in New Hampshire after an employee at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield transferred [...]

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