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Laptop Theft
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Laptop theft is No. 1 source of health data breaches
HHS officials last week confirmed what many people have long suspected: Laptop theft is the most common source of health data breaches affecting at least 500 people. Of the 189 breaches reported to
VA laptop incidents show why encryption is so important
If you think you've been hearing a lot lately about missing laptops from the Department of Veterans Affairs, it's because CIO Roger Baker since May has been holding monthly briefings on information
One-fourth of reported HIPAA breaches involve laptops
Last year, the HHS Office for Civil Rights started posting online a list of reported breaches of unsecured health data affecting at least 500 people. About one-quarter of all listed incidents
Laptops stolen from Veterans Affairs, N.M. Medicaid contractors were not encrypted
Will people ever learn? Two recently disclosed potential breaches of health data in government health programs, potentially impacting more than 10,000 patients, were the result of stolen, unencrypted
Connectivity tops list of wireless healthcare challenges
Even though wireless technology is meant to extend the reach of technology, physical connectivity remains a challenge when installing wireless systems in healthcare facilities, a newly published
