A collection of 55 posts
A midsize hospital in Oklahoma thought they had it covered. Policies were printed. The IT team had installed encryption software. A training session happened once
A $4.3 Million Settlement Started with a Single Complaint In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
A nurse in Texas logs into an EHR system, pulls up her ex-husband's new girlfriend's medical records, screenshots the results, and
A dermatology practice in Massachusetts left a voicemail on a patient's home phone, confirming a diagnosis in front of the patient's
A nurse in a small-town hospital pulls up her neighbor's medical chart to see if the rumors are true — her neighbor is pregnant.
In February 2023, Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million to the Office for Civil Rights after a hacking incident exposed the electronic protected
Last year, a woman in Ohio told me she'd spent three months trying to figure out how to report her dentist's
A California Clinic Lost $240,000 Because One Employee Clicked 'Reply All' I got the call on a Tuesday morning. A small cardiology
A Law That Turned HIPAA From Paper Tiger to Predator In 2009, a hospital in Texas left 35,000 patient records exposed on a publicly
A single stolen laptop cost the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center over $4.3 million in civil monetary penalties. Three unencrypted devices. No
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Started with Four Letters In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle
In February 2011, a health plan called Cignet Health of Prince George's County, Maryland received a $4.3 million civil monetary penalty from
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