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8 strategies for tightening mobile security at hospitals

More than 5 percent of all Apple and Android smartphones will be infected with some type of malware in the next year, security firm Trusteer predicts, according to a report in the UK-based Telegraph.

Panel: HIEs will be a major privacy concern in 2011

As more patient information is funneled into online exchanges, more issues will arise, according to top healthcare IT experts, who were asked to offer insights on the most significant privacy trends

The privacy/security tiger doesn't have any teeth

Amid the recent firestorm of debate and controversial regulation aimed at curing the nation's healthcare system, significant effort and focus have been paid to matters of availability of care and to

Data breaches costly, but hospital execs say EHRs can prevent leaks

If you think data breaches don't cost hospitals, think again. The impact of a data breach is about $1 million per hospital per year, and the lifetime value of a lost patient is $108,000, according to

Survey: Business associates not prepared for new HIPAA breach notification rules

About one-third of companies considered business associates of healthcare providers under HIPAA were not even aware that they now are equally responsible as providers for protecting electronic