by Discovering HIPAA | Nov 16, 2017 | Data Breaches
On October 17, 2017 First Health of the Carolina’s shut down their systems to ensure that all devices were tested and cleared of the threat of a new strain of the Wannacry virus. While the organization indicated that no patient information was compromised, the... by Discovering HIPAA | Mar 3, 2017 | Data Breaches
According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services, January 2017 continued high numbers of data breaches. While not as high as the average monthly breaches in 2016, which was 37.5, it was close with January 2017 showing 31... by Discovering HIPAA | Feb 10, 2017 | Data Breaches
So far this year, 22 breaches have been reported for 2017. Of course, there are still 2016 breaches being report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. While all the 2017 breaches so far are small, the largest one provides some good learnings on... by Discovering HIPAA | Feb 2, 2017 | Data Breaches, HIPAA Online
Released for its third year, the Experian Data Breach Resolution Report for 2016 predicts that the healthcare sector will continue to be a focal point for cyber attacks in 2017. Why is the healthcare industry continuously targeted? The simple answer is that medical... by Discovering HIPAA | Jan 3, 2017 | Data Breaches
November 2016 was the worst month for healthcare data breaches since records started to be kept by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the body vested with the power to enforce HIPAA. In November, 57 breaches were...
