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Personal Smartphones: A Ticking HIPAA/HITECH Time Bomb?

by Cory Fox | BakerHostetler on 4/10/2013

In this brave new world of health information privacy, many industry experts and healthcare organizations have emphasized the need to secure portable electronic devices such as laptops, issued to employees. But a recently...more

Birmingham Medical News: I-Phone Or HIPAA-Phone?

by Kelli Carpenter Fleming | Burr & Forman on 4/9/2013

With the recent issuance of the long-awaited final rule by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the protection of patient information has been a hot topic among the health care industry the past few months....more

HHS Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients

by Tracy Morley | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/23/2013

On January 2, 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more

Why Medical Providers Should Take Caution with Sensitive Information, Especially With Mobile Devices

by Steven J. Bonafonte | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/22/2013

We continue to hear reports of large-scale data breaches that involve the loss or theft of thousands of records containing personally identifiable information of individuals (PII). If such a loss or theft is determined to...more

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer than 500 Patients

by Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") settled its first case involving the unauthorized disclosure of the electronic protected health information ("ePHI") of fewer than 500 individuals....more

OCR'S Breach Settlement: The First Ever Involving Less Than 500 Patients

by Cory Fox, Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/21/2013

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached "the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500...more

Health Law Alert: Deficient Data Security On Mobile Devices Leads To First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500...

by Blake Schofield | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients. OCR took action against a hospice provider in...more

First HHS OCR Settlement for HIPAA Breach Involving Less Than 500 Patients Sends Message to Providers

by King & Spalding on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, HHS announced that the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and enter into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) as part of a settlement involving a breach of unsecured electronic protected health...more

First-Ever HIPAA Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients Announced

by Danna Carmi, M. Leeann Habte, Peter McLaughlin, Richard Rifenbark, R. Michael Scarano Jr. | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/8/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for potential HIPAA violations....more

OCR Reaches $50,000 Settlement with Hospice for Small Data Breach

by Heather Deixler, W. Reece Hirsch, Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 1/8/2013

Enforcement action sends a strong message to the healthcare industry and reaffirms the need for security risk analysis and mobile-device security policies and procedures....more

Are Your Mobile Devices HIPAA Compliant? Practical Steps to Ensure Compliance

by Sarah E. Swank | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

Mobile device use is becoming more commonplace in health care. Health care professionals use text messaging to communicate with each other about patient status. Medical schools now provide residents tablets to use as...more

First OCR Settlement Involving a “Small” Breach Focuses on Mobile Device Security

by Joshua Freemire, James Wieland | Ober|Kaler on 1/7/2013

In what is best understood as a follow-up to both the recent settlement with MEEI and the release of its mobile device security guidance, HHS OCR recently released details of a settlement reached with the Hospice of Northern...more

First OCR Resolution for Data Breach Involving Less than 500 Patients: No Breach is “Too Small”

by Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/4/2013

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached its first settlement for a breach involving data regarding less than 500 individuals. Under the December 2012 settlement, the Hospice of...more

HIPAA and the Evolution of Portable Devices

by Davis Brown Law Firm on 9/19/2012

Bond . . . James Bond has always been the epitome of cool gadgets (and bikini babes) but the gizmos of Sean Connery have passed into the era of Daniel Craig. Mr. Connery's lasers, spy cameras and recorders are like dinosaurs...more

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