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Data Breach Litigation: What You Need to Know

As sensitive data breaches become increasingly commonplace, many individuals are seeking to hold breached organizations responsible for the violation of their privacy. As a result, class- action lawsuits have emerged as a popular trend in the world of data breach litigation. With the rapid increase in this type of legal action, healthcare organizations must take measures to prevent data breaches. The first step to prevention is understanding why class-action lawsuits are on the rise as a response to data breaches.

Building Your Medical Device Cybersecurity Protocol

Medical device cybersecurity has become significantly more important in the age of digital health. There are essential actions health systems must take to protect themselves – and their patients. This blog offers 5 guidelines to evaluate and maintain your medical device cybersecurity.

From 300 to 36: Reducing Hurdles in Business Associate Assessments

Business associate assessments are notoriously burdensome and time consuming for both covered entity and the business associate (BA). But the typical 300-question survey can be significantly narrowed by focusing on the most critical and problematic issues.

GDPR Impact on US Healthcare Organizations

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union (EU) regulation on privacy and security of personally identifiable information (PII). It goes into effect on May 25, 2018. This blog provides an important comparison between GDPR and HIPAA.

HIPAA and Social Media – The Need for Policies and Training

Healthcare organizations and their third party vendors have an obligation to the federal government and their patients to abide by the HIPAA regulations. Unfortunately the very foundation of social media opposes everything in relation to the privacy, security, and confidentiality of information. Social media allows for anyone to see your organizations information, at any time, in any part of the world.

Why Empowering the CISO is Important for Healthcare Information Security Risk Management

We are starting to see Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reporting outside of Information Technology (IT). This makes sense because the CISO needs to be able to audit the IT controls and give an unbiased report to senior management.

HIPAA-HITECH Security – Why Pay for “Nothing”?

We read about healthcare organizations that get fined by the OCR for basically doing nothing, meaning that they have a general lack of evidence of due diligence for HIPAA.

How to avoid HIPAA penalties based on some of the largest!

Reviewing some of the largest fines can help healthcare organizations learn how to avoid them should an incident occur. Many experts say that it isn’t IF an incident will occur, it’s WHEN.

Have you tested your breach response process?

Adding a cybersecurity tactical simulation test to an overall information security risk assessment is a must in today’s world. It is a sure bet that attacks and breaches will continue to occur and so the need for functional assessments, mitigation, awareness and response are key to protecting your organizations confidential information.

Third Party (BA) Contract and Privacy and Security Risk Management

The HITECH-OMNIBUS final rule stepped up the requirements and for both CEs and BAs and both must now include the new requirements in their information privacy and security risk analysis and management program.

Healthcare Compliance Updates & Tips