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Impact of a Healthcare Breach (2 of 3)
This article is the second in a three-part series from Third Rock, a leading HIPAA Compliance and Risk Management provider, that highlights the financial impact of a cyber-breach for healthcare organizations and why it is so important to protect your healthcare data....
Cyber Breach – No One is Immune
This article is the first in a three-part series from Third Rock, a leading HIPAA Compliance and Risk Management provider, explaining the magnitude and business impact of cyber security breaches as well as steps you can take to protect your records and your...
Security Alert: Healthcare needs to learn from OPM Breach
HealthITSecurity wrote a good article on what Healthcare can learn from the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach. The key being that ALL businesses and organizations need to understand it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep the bad guys out of the castle, you WILL be...
My EMR protects my ePHI, right? WRONG!
False Faith in your EMR/EHR It seems most doctors, practice managers, healthcare compliance officers and healthcare security officers put way too much faith in their EMR/EHR. They think the EMR encrypts the data and therefore it’s secure and no more worries. That’s...
HIPAA/HITECH, Is your practice compliant?
The new HIPAA/HITECH law has been in force for over two years. However, most healthcare providers have yet to start addressing the new requirements. It’s a daunting task for a risk assessment expert, professional project manager or even a CCO, CIO or COO, much less...
HIPAA Self-Assessment Validity
HIPAA Risk Assessment: Third party vs self-assessment Although the U.S. government allows healthcare providers under $5 million in annual revenue to perform a risk assessment themselves as part of the HIPAA requirements, is it a good idea? The alternative is to...
HIPAA: Get off Windows XP Now! Seriously!
Ok, HEALTHCARE world, you have GOT to get with the program and MOVE forward. We continue to go into healthcare providers of all kinds; hospitals, clinics, doctors, dentist, optometrist, dermatologist, etc and find these old, slow, archaic systems running Windows XP....
The Breach is Only The Beginning
The scary thing about a cyber breach, is according to reports (Fire Eye Report), 97% of all networks have been breached. Think about that for a moment and realize that there is a good chance that your organizations network has been breached at some point. Now whether...
HIPAA/HITECH Security Risk Analysis Myths and Facts
As we continue to work with more health care providers, covered entities, and business associates we see confusion about HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements. Some providers are even in denial. They believe they are being compliant by just having staff take short...
Just how HIPAA compliant are you? HIPAA Quick Check Stats
Healthcare organizations are focused on the health and welfare of their patients. It is the very reason for their existence. Today, patient “welfare” increasingly means protecting patient data. It is daunting task given the complexity and ever-evolving...