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    UPDATE The Attorney General’s office also filed charges against the transcription service, ATA Consulting LLC, operating as Best Medical Transcription. In November 2018, Best Medical Transcription settled allegations related to a 2016 security lapse that made public — through Google web searches — the medical records of 1,654 patients treated by Virtua Medical Group […]

Commercial use of biometric data has dramatically increased in recent years: some software are now able to recognize physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, retinas, hand and facial geometry, as well as voices. This technology makes people’s life easier as their hand or voice may be enough to access their phone or bank account, and one single click […]

Commercial use of biometric data increased dramatically in recent years: some software are now able to recognize physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, retinas, hand and facial geometry, as well as voices. This technology makes people’s life easier as their hand or voice may be enough to access their phone or bank account, and one single click may […]

From the article. “Reportedly, more than half of North American and European companies are developing a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy. But with the benefits of BYOD come many challenges. This Article explores the risks associated with BYOD, and offers practical solutions for employers seeking to maintain a secure corporate network”. The full text is available here […]

Originally published on South Carolina Lawyer (March 2016)   It is the modern employer’s dilemma:  do you allow employees to bring their personal smartphones, laptops and tablets to work for business purposes?  Do you purchase work devices for them, duplicating what they have?  Or do you simply ban use of any personal device for work […]

by Kenneth N. Rashbaum A ransomware attack forced the shutdown of MedStar Health computers and email systems on March 29, The Washington Post reported. Nurses contended that the shutdown affected treatment and created patient safety issues. The records and email systems were shut down after employees reported seeing pop-up messages on their screens demanding payment in bitcoin […]

A ransomware attack forced the shutdown of MedStar Health computers and email systems on March 29, The Washington Post reported. Nurses contended that the shutdown affected treatment and created patient safety issues. The records and email systems were shut down after employees reported seeing pop-up messages on their screens demanding payment in bitcoin in exchange for […]

In Columbia Casualty Co. v. Cottage Health System, the insurer Columbia Casualty (“Columbia”), a unit of CNA, sued Cottage Health System (“Cottage”), which operates a network of hospitals located in Southern California, seeking to obtain a declaratory judgment that it was not obliged to defend or indemnify Cottage. Cottage had a NetProtect360 claims-made policy with […]

  In Columbia Casualty Co. v. Cottage Health System, the insurer Columbia Casualty (“Columbia”), a unit of CNA, sued Cottage Health System (“Cottage”), which operates a network of hospitals located in Southern California, seeking to obtain a declaratory judgment that it was not obliged to defend or indemnify Cottage. Cottage had a NetProtect360 claims-made policy […]

Sources say that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will soon direct a new round of random audits to verify compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act). OCR is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy […]