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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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High Severity Vulnerabilities Identified in Philips Intellispace Cardiovascular (ISCV)

The HIPAA Journal

An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities to replay the session of a logged-in user and gain access to patient records. CVE-2025-2230 was resolved in the May 2019 release, ISCV 4.2 The post High Severity Vulnerabilities Identified in Philips Intellispace Cardiovascular (ISCV) appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Since HIMSS18, Apple has expanded its footprint and collaborations in health, with hospitals, tech developers, and patients.

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Privacy and the New Health Ciitizen

Health Populi

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was legislated in 1996, isn’t sufficiently robust to deal with the nature of this health information 23 years after that law was first implemented. The scorecard website provides details for each of the medical record organizations reviewed. Why is this so important?

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Oregon Health & Science University Pays $200,000 Penalty for HIPAA Right of Access Failure

The HIPAA Journal

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has imposed its second financial penalty of the year to resolve a violation of the HIPAA Rules. The HIPAA Privacy Rule gives individuals rights over their healthcare data, one of which is the right of an individual to obtain a copy of their health records.

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The Monetary, Clinical and Ethical Value of Patient Data – A View from the UK and NHS

Health Populi

There are about 55 million patient records held by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). Their monetary value to private sector companies would be £5 billion and nearly that much in patient benefits. Add in value for patient outcomes, and the total approaches £10 billion. The reality of U.S.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

It has been several years since new HIPAA regulations have been signed into law, but HIPAA changes in 2022 are expected. The last update to the HIPAA Rules was the HIPAA Omnibus Rule in 2013, which introduced new requirements mandated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

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