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last week a district court blocked a Texas Medical Board rule that required a face to face video conference or an in person meeting prior to telemedicine. It was a win for telehealth.
“Officials of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, front runner to succeed U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, is urging Congress to allow states to have stonger data security bills.
Her concerns about the federal bill are many, including:
Nevada is the most recent state to expand the definition of personal information that trigger data security laws.
The expanded definition includes:
This reflects a growing trend to include ema…
The first data security bill that moved in Congress this year would pre-empt state laws. Some say it would be more lax than the majority of state data security laws.
A new federal legislative proposal removes preemption. The Consumer Privacy Protection Act introduced by Senator Leahy would require companies to take more affirmative steps to protect consumer data.
The federal data breach bill moving through Congress will preempt all state laws. Most states have stronger data breach laws than the federal bill.
Some say the federal bill is being pushed by the business lobby. It makes sense. Businesses are being sued after data breaches and it is costing millions and millions. Hundreds of millions.
California, has stronger data security statutes and the California Consumer Federation says the federal bill will:
•Eliminate notif…
Cloud medical image exchanges are used to help radiologists be more efficient, but are suspectible to data breaches. The data security standards promoted by the industry are:
Alabama is the 48th state to enact data security laws, and one of a few that have revamped data security statutes post major retail data breaches. The Alabama legislation will triger notification within 30 days when any of the following information is hacked:
Since New Year’s Day, 90 Million individual health care records have been exposed by data hackers.
Why is health care data targeted? The data is highly valuable on the black market.
How are hackers gaining access to health care data? Via portals in electronics such as sonogram machines, conference call machines, fax machines… MD Anderson tests all its electronic equipment for security protcols.
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The number of companies experiencing a data breach is increasing annually. In 2013 it was 33%. In 2014 it was 43%. Its a mix of retail and health care data breaches leading the increases. More data breaches means more litigation. SC Magazine for IT Security Professionals
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43% of Companies had a Data Breach in 2014