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HIPAA Auditor Responsible for Breach in 2010
HIPAA Auditor Responsible for Breach in 2010 In June of 2010, a large healthcare system was informed by its business associate that a breach had occurred, affecting thousands of patients at its hospital. The breach had occurred the previous month when an employee of the business...
New Hampshire HIO Hits the Ground Running
New Hampshire HIO Hits the Ground Running After years of collaboration and planning, New Hampshire has announced the launch of its Health Information Organization, the NH-HIO, developed with the help of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health...
Uncertainty in Federal Budget Prompts Kansas to Return $31.5M Early Innovator Grant
Uncertainty in Federal Budget Prompts Kansas to Return .5M Early Innovator Grant On Tuesday, August 9th, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced that Kansas would be returning $31.5M in federal grant money awarded to it from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). There is...
Spartanburg Breach Affects 400,000…But They’re Not Telling
Spartanburg Breach Affects 400,000…But They’re Not Telling According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) webpage listing breaches of PHI over 500, a theft affecting an originally unreleased number of patients turned out to have impacted approximately 4,000 patients…times 100. You’d...