Tag: healthcare data breach
While cyber crime continues to grow across industries, medical identity theft and medical data breaches are rising at a disproportionate rate. And though all...
For healthcare businesses, the wait is over. When the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) released its Omnibus Rule on January 17, 2013...
Don’t expect medical breaches and healthcare fraud to drop off the radar anytime soon. Here’s why. First, the number of breaches in the industry...
Say goodbye to bulky manila folders. Today’s healthcare organizations are zipping through medical histories and writing prescriptions using mobile devices. But the new found...
Experian will be at the annual HCCA 2012 Compliance Institute conference at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. This conference offers an important opportunity to...
Data breaches occur in every industry, but, in healthcare, they’re a whole different ballgame. Black market prices and mobile devices drive data theft and...
As far as data security goes, 2011 was a dismal year. Relentless, high-profile breaches punctured any sense that hack attacks are a remote threat,...
Our latest study, Aftermath of a Data Breach Study, was conducted to better understand how a data breach affects organizations over the long...
The average value of a lost laptop is $49,246, a number based on several factors: replacement cost, detection, forensics, data breach, lost intellectual property...
All data breaches have two things in common: the need for prompt resolution and the need for a robust preparedness plan....
A few weeks ago I discussed a few preventative measures a healthcare business can implement to protect itself from the damages of medical fraud. ...
Medical fraud is occurring at an alarming rate and is expected to cost the US healthcare system $100 billion a year. Medical fraudsters vary...