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Feds raid hospital, clinics for patient records in fraud investigation
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided a Houston psychiatric hospital and its two mental health clinics Thursday, seizing hundreds of patient records in a Medicare fraud probe, the
Facebook post, removed records among latest patient privacy breaches
As HIPAA compliance issues continue to rise, two recent California hospital incidents do nothing to suggest that patient data will be safer heading into the new year. At Mission Hills-based
Sutter Health stolen computer risks data for 4.2M patients
The personal data of 4.24 million Sutter Health patients has been jeopardized after a desktop computer was stolen last month, reports the Sacramento Business Journal. Sutter Health immediately
$1M worth of equipment, patient info missing from VA hospital
The lack of recording inventory may be to blame for missing medical equipment worth more than a $1 million that contained patient information at a Florida VA hospital. Among the list of expensive
Physician sued for revealed HIV status to hospital patient's mother
A patient at Wisconsin's UW Hospital last week filed a civil lawsuit against his physician and the UW Board of Regents after he said the doctor disclosed his HIV-positive status to his mother,
Civil Rights data access proposal unrealistic, expensive, CHIME says
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has asked the federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to reconsider its proposal for requiring that healthcare providers and insurers
Security of patient records breached across the country
Security breaches of patient records have been popping up in the news recently, with some breaches affecting hundreds. A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a former employee of University of
AMA calls for EMR standardization to ease physician use
American Medical Association (AMA) delegates, at their annual meeting this week in Chicago, approved a Board of Trustees report calling for future standardization of various user interfaces for
Data breaches occur as often as actual theft
If you suffer a security breach in your EHR this year, it's a 50/50 shot on whether it was accidental or intentional. At least, that's one of the lessons you should take from a list of 10 hospitals
Hospital loses nearly 2,300 patient data files
In the latest patient privacy incident to make news, Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., lost data cards that contained information on 2,284 endoscopy patients, the Arizona Republic
