Joy Pritts, the first chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, is leaving the job after four years in the position. The move comes as ONC is revamping its structure.
As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT thinks through care models and broader issues of big data, Karen DeSalvo, head of the office, says it's striving to ensure privacy and security for patients.
For the next round of HIPAA compliance audits that begins this all, organizations need to prepare documentation that can speak for itself, because unlike the pilot program, there will be no onsite visits, says privacy attorney Adam Greene.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, HP launches a secure private cloud solution designed for government agencies, while IBM expands the services on its open cloud platform.
The federal tally of major health data breaches has hit a new milestone; it now lists more than 1,000 incidents affecting 500 or more individuals. Experts weigh in on the lessons to be learned from the details of these breaches.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Sophos updates its enterprise mobile management solution to include file encryption and Web filtering, while F5 Networks acquires Defense.Net.
As a result of the new breach notification requirements under the HIPAA Omnibus rule, it's critical for organizations to test their breach response plans, says security specialist Andrew Hicks.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Proofpoint acquires NetCitadel, which specializes in automated security incident response, while IBM introduces Trusteer Apex endpoint protection software.
To efficiently address mobile security, organizations need to understand and acknowledge how the challenges evolve and become more complex, says Jeff Cobb, CISO at Capella HealthCare.
An FTC administrative trial examining the data security practices of LabMD, headed by Michael Daugherty, is slated to begin May 20. The hearing could shed light into how the FTC evaluates security when pursuing enforcement actions.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, SanDisk launches a self-encrypting solid state drive, while ZixCorp unveils a Google Apps message encryption solution.
As the HHS Office for Civil Rights ramps up HIPAA enforcement activities, a key leader of the agency's HIPAA initiatives has retired, and the director of the agency may soon be leaving as well. Find out the very latest details.
A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from the 2011 data breach involving SAIC and the military health program TRICARE, which affected 4.9 million individuals.
Federal regulators are considering whether data segmentation technology that protects sensitive patient information when it's exchanged should be required for electronic health record software certified for the HITECH Act incentive program.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, FireEye has announced plans to acquire nPulse Technologies, which offers a network forensics solution, while CA Technologies joins the FIDO Alliance, which is developing authentication standards.
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