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Healthcare Compliance and Security
FairWarning Feature Story, "Computerized Medical Records Breach"
The government's ambitious plan to computerize all the United States health records has hospitals hiring companies to stop snoops.
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FairWarning Feature Article, "FairWarning Foils EMR Privacy Breaches"
Data definition guides help hospitals and healthcare offices detect, notify, and prevent privacy violations in electronic medical records.
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 FairWarning Feature Article, "Securing Electronic Health Records"
Electronic health records are supposed to improve the efficiency and accuracy of healthcare delivery. However, with electronic records come security headaches, and the potential for data breaches.
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FairWarning Feature Article, "Firm Issues Breach Detection Lessons"
FairWarning Inc., a vendor of privacy breach detection software for health care organizations, has released the first of three best-practice guidance documents based on its implementation experience with more than 300 hospitals and 1,200 clinics.
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 FairWarning Customer Featured in "Hospitals Take Steps to Stop Snoops"
When word got out that Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade outside his Isleworth home and ended up at Health Central Hospital the day after Thanksgiving, the tabloid media launched a ruthless hunt for his private medical records.
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FairWarning Customer Featured in "Healthcare organizations are finding security, privacy cures"
Healthcare organizations are energetically seeking cures for managing identity and security in fast-paced hospital environments to help physicians and nurses do their jobs more easily -- and to keep patient data safe.
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FairWarning Feature Article, "What is keeping healthcare leaders up at night?"
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HIPAA audits drive business for privacy software firm
FairWarning, a supplier of health care privacy auditing systems based in St. Petersburg, Fla., reported revenues for the first six months of 2008 more than doubled over the same period last year.
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Audit Software gives hospitals "FairWarning"
Hospitals are turning to auditing software in response to concerns about patient information security and privacy.
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HIPAA ENFORCEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE EHR
If we are to reap the benefits of electronic health records, health care providers must silence criticism from the paper dinosaurs--those unwilling to leave behind paper records--and welcome a sensible model for sustained HIPAA privacy and security auditing. Read More
The Impact of EHRs and Medical Identity Theft on Patient Safety
Safeguarding patients’ privacy is of the utmost importance as implementation of EHRs grows, but another matter, protecting patients’ emotional and financial well-being in securing their medical records, is an increasing concern. Read the article>>
Breaking down medical identity theft", "Enlightened Organizations Are Taking Action
"...leading organizations are taking their information security obligations seriously under HIPAA. This includes implementing some of the more difficult sections of HIPAA law,..."
The Privacy Advisor is a membership benefit of the International Association of Privacy Professions (IAPP). If you are interested in joining the IAPP please visit www.privacyassocation.org. Used with permission. Copyright © 2007 International Association of Privacy Professionals. All rights reserved.
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Electronic Health Record Briefings, April 2007
Medical identity theft raises new questions for EHRs
Proactively address emerging privacy and security challenges
"Healthcare information systems and EHRs provide remarkable efficiency and quality of care benefits relative to patient care. However, a rogue hospital insider can use that same digital leverage to commit information crimes against patients and your institution." Read the article>>
FairWarning, Cover Story, Healthcare IT News
New IT buzzwords - Medical identity theft
"It's the first information crime that could actually jeopardize your life", Read the article>>
ONCOLOGY TIMES
Medical Identity Theft: More Common than Generally Known, Cancer Patients Among the Most Vulnerable
"Medical identity theft is stealing health information for personal profit. If that sounds like a strange thing to do, it is, but it is more common than generally thought..." Read the article (pdf) >>
Identity Theft Survey Reveals Consumers are Concerned About Privacy and Protection
Risk to Life and Health, Altered Medical Records and Loss of Confidentiality Rank Among Top Fears Related to Medical Identity Theft. Read the article>>
FairWarning Cover Article, Radiology Today
Fighting Fraud & Identity Theft in Radiology
Identity theft in healthcare can take many forms, such as the Texas man who posed as a chiropractor and submitted more than 1,300 fraudulent claims for radiology services before being caught. Read the article>>
FairWarning Cover Article
Health Leaders - "Addressing the Growing Threat of Medical Identity Theft"
Although healthcare leaders recognize that protecting patient health information is a vital component of patient safety, stories of medical identity theft persist. This article explores common internal security risks, specific documented criminal cases of medical identity theft as well as deterring risky behaviors in a healthcare organization. Read the article>>
FairWarning Cover Article - ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals. "The Grave Cost of Medical Identity Theft"
This article explores the growing trend of medical identity theft, reveals common criminal scenarios, examines Federal government statistics and discusses how healthcare organizations can comprehensively address the risks in their environment. Read the article >>
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