Healthcare tops for ransomware incidents in Q2

Roughly 88 percent of all ransomware detected was discovered in healthcare, while the next most targeted industry was education at 6 percent, according to the report, published by Solutionary. One [...]

Secure Texting in Healthcare, CMS Guidance

The Joint Commission has delayed the removal of the secure texting ban for physician orders, saying that more guidance is needed. The previously announced secure texting ban removal by the Joint [...]

July 19th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Text Messaging, Text, Healthcare, CMS, HIPAA, HHS

Ransomware is Serious Business

Ransomware is serious business and it continues to proliferate throughout the world. In particular, hackers have focused intensely on the Healthcare industry. This is due to several factors, [...]

OCR HIPAA Desk Audits are Coming

As many of you in the Healthcare arena have heard me, and others, say the HIPAA audits are coming. We fully expect a day when audits are a regular course of business similar to the way it is handled [...]

July 14th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Healthcare, Security, Audit, HIPAA, ITSecurity, Compliance

OCR warns about dangers of security vulnerabilities in third-party apps

Third-party software applications can put healthcare organizations at risk for security vulnerabilities, even if entities deploy operating system updates, according to an email alert from the Health [...]

HIPAA audits will require quick response

More guidance continues to flow about the ensuing and upcoming round of HIPAA audits. This time "quick response" is the word.

May 20th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Technology, Healthcare, HIPAA, Compliance, HHS