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NewsHospitals criticized for patient data-mining
Hospitals are coming under fire for using private health and financial records to target affluent or privately insured patients, according to Kaiser Health News and USA Today. Although data mining is Read more...
Patients sue Sutter Health after largest data breach
Sutter Health will face a class-action lawsuit regarding the Californian health system's largest data breach that involved the personal information of 4.24 million patients. After a desktop computer Read more...
Hospital data breach of 8K patients may lead to federal probe, fine
A computer glitch that exposed the financial information of more than 8,000 patients online may put Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital under federal investigation, reports WellCommons. Hospital Read more...
Senators call for stronger health data protections, penalties
Just days after UCLA Health System notified more than 16,000 patients that an external hard drive containing their personal information went missing, Congress gathered to question how electronic Read more...
Computer glitch exposes patients' credit card info online
Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital is apologizing for the fallout of a billing software glitch, which potentially exposed hundreds of patients' credit card information online, according to a KCTV 5 Read more...
Hospital faces $8.1M suit for inflated malnutrition rates, gaming reimbursements
Kernan Hospital in Baltimore is facing a $8.1 million lawsuit for manipulating patient data to receive more federal reimbursements, reports The Baltimore Sun. According to the lawsuit filed by the Read more...
Confirm patient identity to prevent theft, brand customer experience
With healthcare organizations failing to adequately safeguard the privacy and security of patient information, 36 percent of surveyed healthcare executives say patients sought services using somebody Read more...
Tips for patient data security: Policies, education, funding
Recent news broke of patient data breaches across the country, including one at Beth Israel that could affect more than 2000 patients. FierceHealthcare caught up with Andrew Lenardon (pictured), Read more...
Patient data security breached at Jackson Health
Almost 8 million people have experienced a breach of their medical data during the last two years, according to data from Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights. And that Read more...
Unencrypted email implicated in Geisinger patient data breach
Even Geisinger Health System, which has touted its sophisticated EHR, is not immune to patient privacy breaches. In letters that went out to more than 2,900 patients, Geisinger Health System Read more...
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