Addressing Information Security Threats & Challenges in Healthcare

Every healthcare business is vulnerable, and therefore needs an effective means to deal with ever-growing threats and challenges. In an interview with Healthcare Info Security, Lee Kim, the Director of Privacy and Security at HIMSS discussed the issues faced by the healthcare industry and offered insights. “Keeping track of where sensitive data is located, detecting…

HIPAA Omnibus Extends Compliance Liability down the Chain

The HIPAA Omnibus rule has made significant impact on the healthcare industry. It has created a complex chain of compliance liability for covered entities, their business associates and subcontractors, who are all now equally accountable for the protection of private health information, and responsible for the compliance conduct of their ‘downstream’ partners under certain circumstances,…