The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has settled with MedEvolve for $350,000 over potential HIPAA violations regarding a data breach in which a server containing ...

A proposed cybersecurity update would bring with it unfunded mandates and burden IT and security teams with increased documentation, reporting and compliance requirements that conflict with modern IT ...

Discover how the HIPAA Waiver of Authorization permits legal sharing of health data for research while upholding privacy protections. Learn the criteria required for approval.

A recently passed law in the state of Washington puts new safeguards on consumer health data, giving residents some of the broadest protections in the country when it comes to how outside groups can ...

The protected health information of Sony Pictures Entertainment employees may have been compromised in the giant hack and subsequent release of company information, emails and documents, according to ...

HIPAA-compliant hosting providers to secure healthcare data with cloud, compliance, encryption, and reliability.

HHS has proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule which allow people to learn who has electronically accessed their protected health information. If passed, the ...