by HIPAAgps | Jun 13, 2019 | HIPAA News
Twenty-four women with HIV recently had sensitive medical data exposed due to a simple oversight. To make matters worse, the women involved in the breach have yet to be notified, adding insult to injury in a breach that could easily have been avoided and quickly...
by HIPAAgps | Jun 6, 2019 | HIPAA News
There have been a number of breaches of sensitive information recently and questions have come up about minors who are seen for mental health and substance abuse. What does HIPAA say? According to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR),...
by HIPAAgps | May 30, 2019 | HIPAA News
Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., a medical records service in Indiana, has paid the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $100,000 to settle a HIPAA breach. In May, 2019, the OCR reported that Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) had paid a fine of $100,000 and agreed...
by HIPAAgps | May 23, 2019 | HIPAA News
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) recently notified the public of a successful spear-phishing attempt. What happened? A spear-phishing email was sent to an OHA Oregon State Hospital employee in the beginning of May. On May 6, 2019, the employee opened the email and...
by HIPAAgps | May 20, 2019 | HIPAA News
Washington State University recently found itself on the hook for around $4.7 million in a class-action, data-breach lawsuit. In April 2017, a self-storage facility used by WSU was broken into and a small safe was stolen. Unfortunately the safe contained a backup hard...
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