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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Are your Medical Records Safe? - Download Breaches Lists.

Are your Medical Records Safe? Find out if they have already been Stolen, Below...

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Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals (08-07-12)

As required by section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary must post a list of breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals.  These breaches are now posted in a new, more accessible format that allows users to search and sort the posted breaches.  Additionally, this new format includes brief summaries of the breach cases that OCR has investigated and closed, as well as the names of private practice providers who have reported breaches of unsecured protected health information to the Secretary.  The following breaches have been reported to the Secretary:

Read More and Download Reports...
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/breachnotificationrule/breachtool.html

Medical Records Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals (as of 08-07-12)
'Wall of Shame' exposes 21M medical record breaches - Computerworld
Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals

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