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As noted in Reuters:
WellPoint Inc., has warned some 470,000 people who applied for its health insurance that a website security glitch may have exposed their Social Security numbers and other sensitive data to the public….The glitch was introduced…by a contractor who upgraded the site….
A couple of things to note here:
Large companies can (and will) continue [...]
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Continue ReadingIt was bound to happen.
Laws are being created.
What’s this about?
As we’ve mentioned a few times on this website, if you use a multi-function photocopier (one that will copy, scan, print and receive faxes), chances are very good (90%+ probability) that your device has a computer hard drive built into it.
This hard drive is intended to [...]
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Continue ReadingHIPAA Violations in Your Copy Machine?
Bryan Malatesta, CPA
iTotal Solutions.com
Does your practice use a copy machine? Do you ever make copies of patient information? If so, there is a good chance that your practice could be setting itself up for a violation of the HIPAA laws! Let me explain using the following simple scenario:
Your patient comes [...]
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Continue ReadingArg!
Nope, not speak like a pirate day.
That is me censoring and keeping things clean here.
Details:
Government Contractor
Laptop Stolen from office
CD-ROM in laptop had data on 207,000 Reservists
Questions:
Why was data not encrypted?
Why was data on a CD-ROM?
What is going on here?
PHI on a mobile device (laptop/external hard drive/CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/thumbdrive) that is not encrypted is just asking for disaster.
Don’t [...]
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Continue ReadingWe are seeing this way too often.
Our Lady of Peace, a psychiatric hospital in Louisville, KY is in the middle of a painful and embarrassing process.
A flash drive was lost that:
… contained unencrypted data on patients admitted since 2002 and patients assessed, but never admitted, since 2009. Data on admitted patients included name, [...]
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