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Personal information stolen from Detroit’s health department

Personal information stolen from Detroit's health department. Two incidents with missing patient records from Detroit's health department. 5,000 individuals were potentially effected.

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Microsoft acquires Sentillion

Microsoft is acquiring Sentillion. Sentillion makes software to do patient context management and single sign on specifically focused on the healthcare industry.

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Should genetic information be covered by HIPAA?

HHS proposed a rule that would clarify HIPAA and GINA, by providing that genetic information is health information and prohibiting the use of such information for underwriting purposes...

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New power for AG’s: Civil action for HITECH/HIPAA.

Two Data Security Breaches Give State Attorneys General a Chance to Exercise Their New HIPAA Powers. State AG's now have the authority to investigate and levy fines for HIPAA/HITECH.

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Health Record Report Card

Patient Privacy Rights grades how various online services claim to protect your private records. (Google, Microsoft, WebMD, etc.)

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Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured?

Policing medical records is difficult. Developers are working on algorithms to search for potential data breaches. For example, software searchers for healthcare workers accessing medical records of people with the same last name, or living at addresses near their own home, based on the possibility that they might be snooping on family members or neighbors....

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MI Supreme Court: HIPAA and oral communication?

Michigan's Supreme Court is set to decide whether the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act preempts a state law allowing defendants in medical liability lawsuits to informally interview plaintiffs' other treating physicians -- a move that doctors say could put them at a disadvantage in defending such cases....

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Physical hospital security

Great article about physical hospital security at St. Bernadine's in California

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