Auditing organization Seim Johnson disclosed that a laptop with malfunctioning encryption software was stolen, “potentially” putting the data of more than 30,000 patients at risk, HealthITSecurity reports. Usernames, patient identifier and medical record numbers and in some cases, Social Security numbers are thought to be at risk, the report states. Company officials maintained that the “potentially impacted” were notified, but that there has not yet been any activity that suggests the data have been accessed, the report adds. Meanwhile, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Lucia Savage and privacy analyst Aja Brooks discuss how to properly share health information while adhering to HIPAA regulations in a HealthITSecurity report. Concurrently, Marla Durben Hirsch laments the difficulty health care providers have with complying with HIPAA mandates in contrast to the legislation’s intended simplicity in an op-ed for FierceEMR.
Full Story
Comments
If you want to comment on this post, you need to login.