HIPAA breach

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Computer Virus At Heart Of Kaiser Data Breach

Erin McCann | Government HealthIT | April 7, 2014

Some 5,100 patients treated at Kaiser Permanente were sent HIPAA breach notification letters Friday after a KP research computer was found to have been infected with malicious software. Officials say the computer was infected with the malware for more than two and a half years before being discovered Feb. 12.

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When Patient Data Lands On Google

Erin McCann | Government Health IT | September 11, 2014

A Huntsville, Ala., clinical diagnostics laboratory has notified more than 7,000 individuals of a HIPAA breach after the company discovered protected health information contained on a third-party server had been unsecured for nearly three years...

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Why Data Breach Readiness Isn't Getting Much Better

Erin McCann | Government Health IT | October 1, 2014

Think you can avoid a health data breach the lazy way, without putting in the requisite work?  Then think again. This year, in fact, healthcare organizations have reported more data breaches than the year prior, seeing on average a 10 percent jump in breach frequency...

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