Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Hospital Slammed With $218,000 HIPAA Fine

From Data Breach Today:

Hospital Slammed With $218,000 HIPAA Fine

Federal regulators have slapped a Boston area hospital with a $218,000 HIPAA penalty after an investigation following two security incidents. One involved staff members using an Internet site to share documents containing patient data without first assessing risks. The other involved the theft of a worker's personally owned unencrypted laptop and storage device.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights says it has entered a resolution agreement with St. Elizabeth's Medical Center that also includes a "robust" corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in the hospital's HIPAA compliance program.

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