
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Selects Veriphyr Patient Privacy Monitoring Service to Protect Patient Data Privacy
UncategorizedHospital in Minnesota Uses Patient Privacy Monitoring Analytics Service to Detect Inappropriate Access to Medical Records.
Veriphyr, a leader in healthcare patient privacy monitoring, announced Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare (Gillette…

Wake Radiology UNC REX Healthcare Selects Veriphyr Patient Privacy Monitoring
UncategorizedOne of North Carolina’s Largest Outpatient Imaging Providers Uses Analytics Service to Detect Inappropriate Access to Medical Records
Veriphyr, a leader in healthcare patient data privacy monitoring, announced today that Wake Radiology…

Veriphyr Advisor Steve Katz Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
UncategorizedIndustry’s First CISO Recognized by Shared Risk Assessments Program
Veriphyr, a leader in healthcare patient data privacy monitoring, announced today that strategic advisor Steve Katz, executive advisor on privacy and security for Deloitte…

Massachusetts Settlement for Impermissible Use
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University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Group Inc. and Memorial Medical Center Inc. each face investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General Maura…

Is it Impermissible to Disclose a Risk to Public Safety?
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If a mental heath patient poses a risk to the safety of themselves or the public, is it impermissible for their doctor to disclose the information? Does it…

ABC Documentary Leads to Settlement
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ABC's 2015 documentary series, “Save My Life: Boston Trauma”, resulted in the investigation of three prestigious Boston teaching hospitals. Massachusetts…

Inaccurate Detection of Impermissible Use
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Inaccurate Detection Hurt Everyone
The Consort and District Medical Centre Society in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada risked its reputation, money, and…

Employee Snooping: Personal, Professional, Criminal
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It's Personal
Back in 2008, Dr. Joshua Welch had an affair with a woman, "Anne". After informing him she may have contracted an STI, Anne suspected that Dr.…

The Power in Your Pocket... To Steal PHI
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Bournemouth, UK
Eight Months of Photos of PHI
Daniel Storr is under investigation for bribing former coworker, Aden Embling. In return, Embling sent Storr…

States' Attorneys General Enforce HIPAA
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Since a precedent set by US District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras in June, HIPAA enforcement has been limited to the Department of Health and Human Services…

A Look Back: $4.1 Million Settlement
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Background
20,000 people visited the Stanford Hospital emergency room between March 1st, 2009 and August 21st, 2009. Each one of them had their protected…

A Different Kind Of Identity Fraud
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Medical Malpractice With a Twist
Manquis Daniels died in June 2011 after undergoing heart surgery. His surviving wife is suing the hospital.
Marie…

Publicity Puts Patients at Higher Risk for Privacy Breaches
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Mass Overdose Victims
In March 2011, eleven teens and young adults were hospitalized in Minnesota due to an overdose of the synthetic drug 2C-E. There was one…

Unprotected Tragedy
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A Family's Tragedy
After the gate at a public swimming pool was accidentally left open, Denise and Wayne Russell's adopted son, Keon, wandered into…

Less Than a Third of Healthcare Organizations are Insured
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Running A Real Risk
Only 30% of healthcare organizations have cybersecurity insurance, according to a 2018 survey by Ovum for FICO. In comparison, 76% of all…

A Brief History of EHR
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Electronic health records (EHR) are essentially the digital version of what's on the clipboard at the end of a hospital bed. Now, entire EHR systems…

The 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: A Global Overview
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Overview
In July, the Ponemon Institute released The 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: A Global Overview. The study highlights the magnitude of the…

Canadian Digital Privacy Act Raises Stakes
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Digital Privacy Act
Recently, Canada added an amendment to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The Digital Privacy Act creates…