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Kaiser Permanente Fined 0K for Patient Privacy Breach via Mailing Error

Kaiser Permanente Fined $450K for Patient Privacy Breach via Mailing Error

The Kaiser Permanente fine imposed by The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) show that repercu...

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Blackbaud Cleared of Legal Obligation to Protect Trinity Health’s Confidential Data

Blackbaud Cleared of Legal Obligation to Protect Trinity Health’s Confidential Data

The data breach on Trinity Health resulted in significant consequences, but Blackbaud, its complianc...

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Amazon Ends Third-Party Alexa HIPAA-Compliant Skills

Amazon Ends Third-Party Alexa HIPAA-Compliant Skills

The Alexa HIPAA-compliant shutdown has far-reaching implications for stakeholders and the complex la...

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Mercy Medical Center – Clinton Faces Devastating Cyberattack: Patient Data at Risk and Potential Loss

Mercy Medical Center – Clinton Faces Devastating Cyberattack: Patient Data at Risk and Potential Loss

The patient data breach incident prevented individuals from accessing their personal records in the ...

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Federal HIPAA Expert Shocked by Dumping of Medical Files

Federal HIPAA Expert Shocked by Dumping of Medical Files

The medical files dumped in the trash bins belonged to various patients who had sought treatment fro...

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The Massive Costs of a Proposed HIPAA Rule

The Massive Costs of a Proposed HIPAA Rule

This proposed HIPAA rule change will make several changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Ac...

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Deadlocked Verdict: Mistrial Declared in High-Stakes HIPAA Case Against Army Doctor and Spouse

Deadlocked Verdict: Mistrial Declared in High-Stakes HIPAA Case Against Army Doctor and Spouse

Mistrial declared in HIPAA cases against two Maryland doctors for wrongful disclosure of patient hea...

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PharMerica Data Breach Shockwaves Healthcare Industry

PharMerica Data Breach Shockwaves Healthcare Industry

PharMerica suffered a significant data breach that has now been recognized as the largest security i...

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Data Breach Fallout: Advent Health Partners Settles for 0K in Healthcare Data Breach Case

Data Breach Fallout: Advent Health Partners Settles for $500K in Healthcare Data Breach Case

Advent Health Partners agrees to pay $500K in a settlement over a healthcare data breach case.

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