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Tying Up Loose Ends for Health Data Privacy, Security
2019-12-23 20:03

What's Inside Appropriations Bill for HHS Efforts?As the year wraps up, regulators and legislators have been busy tying up some "loose ends" related to health data security and privacy before the...

5 Top Health Data Regulatory Issues to Watch in 2020
2019-12-20 15:04

What are some of the most important health data privacy and security regulatory developments to watch in 2020? Privacy attorney Kirk Nahra of the law firm WilmerHale discusses what he sees as the...

Crossix continues to expand its network of connected health data
2019-12-13 01:30

Crossix announced it has added several new data partners and sources as the company continues to expand its network of connected health data. Additional Rx and medical claims data will allow an...

Health Data Breach Tally: Trends in 2019
2019-12-11 20:18

Hacking Attacks, Business Associate Incidents Were CommonThe federal tally of health data breaches shows that hacking attacks and incidents involving business associates dominated this year....

2 Phishing-Related Health Data Breaches Grow Even Bigger
2019-12-04 21:18

Victim Tallies Climb as Breach Investigations ContinueInvestigations of two apparently unrelated phishing-related breaches that affected members of Presbyterian Health Plan have revealed the...

Health Data Breaches: 3 Lessons Learned
2019-11-29 07:33

Insights From Major Healthcare Sector Breaches and CyberattacksThe healthcare sector has had plenty of significant data breaches so far this year. What can be learned from organizations'...

2 Health Data Breaches Affect Total of 220,000
2019-11-22 20:18

Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Expose a Wealth of DataA California-based medical supply firm and a medical center in Missouri have reported health data breaches that each affected more than 100,000...

Google’s Plan to Crunch Health Data on Millions of Patients Draws Fire
2019-11-13 17:53

"Project Nightingale" is fully HIPAA-compliant, according to Google -- but researchers said they see big red flags for consumer data privacy.

Health Data Breach Tally Update: Top Causes
2019-11-08 21:18

An Analysis of the Latest Trends - and What's AheadHacker attacks, IT mishaps, and vendor errors are among the top causes of the largest health data breaches added to the official federal tally so...

Health Data Breach Tally: Ransomware Proliferates
2019-10-08 20:33

Here's An Update on Additions to the 'Wall of Shame'Ransomware attacks are among the largest incidents added to the federal tally of major health data breaches in recent weeks. Attacks on a...