In the spring edition of NAIDnews, NAID CEO Bob Johnson describes how to prepare for the upcoming HITECH Final Rule. Organizations will need to consider these changes in their policies and procedures as well as business associate contracts. When released, the final rule will explain how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to implement […]
Read MoreiHealth Beat May 14, 2012 Third-party business partners represent a significant security risk to health care providers, who may need several layers of protection to ensure the security of patient data. The HIPAA Privacy Rule refers to third parties as “business associates” and defines them as individuals or organizations that handle protected health information, or […]
Read MoreDavis Wright Tremaine LLC Advisories May 15, 2012 On May 10, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an individual may be criminally convicted of knowingly obtaining health information in violation of HIPAA, even if the individual did not know that the access was illegal. The decision serves as […]
Read MoreWIBC.com April 12, 2012 Personal documents that contained prescriptions for powerful pain medication and patient information were discovered on Wednesday in a dumpster, near an Indianapolis medical center. A viewer tip led RTV6 to the Indiana University Medical Group office building near Glendale, where she found a box full of sensitive medical documents. The box […]
Read MoreThe Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette April 16, 2012 The Kansas City Star, one of The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette’s McClatchy sisters, received a call from a woman who said she found a stash of what appeared to be medical forms in a recycling bin in front of a local elementary school. Authorities told […]
Read MoreThe Canadian Press Sept. 23, 2011 It’s happened again. According to a report in The Canadian Press, personal medical information was found blowing down a Calgary street. The records were said to include names, birth dates, and surgical procedures. The privacy commissioner’s office says there have been several instances of confidential records being misplaced, citing one example of […]
Read More7NEWS Reporter Don Champion Oct. 3, 2011 A street sweeper in Aurora, CO found hundreds of sensitive dental patient records scattered near a Dumpster behind a shopping center on Oct. 2. In what could be considered a gross understatement, the report states that the street sweeper called the discovery an act of “carelessness.” The report […]
Read MoreWBTV – CHARLOTTE, NC Sept. 7, 2011 Records found reportedly discarded in a public recycling bin and thrown out by the doctor’s sons during a move from one office to another, lead to watershed finding. The article shows that NAID Members who are using the Doctors’ Office Marketing Program are on the right track, and […]
Read MoreBuffaloNews.com Aug. 27, 2011 A man was arrested in Hawaii as a result of the improper disposal of patient records from a closed eating-disorder clinic he purchased but never reopened. According to the report, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) pursued the case. The report also makes clear that […]
Read MoreHeath Leaders Media August 8, 2011 Under the banner of “it could happen to anyone,” KPMG, the company hired by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to conduct nationwide HIPAA privacy and security compliance audits was responsible for a breach that includes the loss of an unencrypted flash drive and affects more than 4,500 patient […]
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