Practical articles on HIPAA rules, HITRUST certification, enforcement, and healthcare data protection.
Regulatory FrameworkThe LVHN $800K OCR settlement exposes critical HIPAA compliance failures. Use this 10-step checklist to strengthen ransomware readiness and breach response.
Governance & WorkforceA detailed checklist to audit and secure open-source FHIR servers, addressing vulnerabilities like unauthorized data access and memory exhaustion in HAPI FHIR.
Breach NotificationWhen 77 healthcare data breaches appear on the OCR s portal in a single month, affecting over 33 million individuals, it s not just bad luck. It s a pattern of predictable mistakes that compliance tea
Individual RightsAdaptHealth discovered its breach not from a monitoring alert but from the attacker themselves. A contractor s compromised session had already reached patient management systems, document storage plat
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Breach NotificationWhen a hacker accesses your servers and compromises Protected Health Information (PHI) , you ll face a critical decision: negotiate an early settlement or defend your security practices in court. The
OCR Enforcement & PenaltiesThe Vastaamo breach is one of healthcare s most devastating cyberattacks. A hacker stole psychotherapy records of 33,000 people, published 300 patients therapy notes online, and extorted individual vi
Breach NotificationWhen American Addiction Centers (AAC) disclosed their second data breach in two years, this time through a Business Associate s Salesforce environment, the incident report contained a telling detail:
Breach NotificationThe Challenge On April 12, 2025, the Interlock ransomware group infiltrated DaVita s network, stealing data and encrypting files. This breach impacted one of the largest kidney dialysis providers in t
Regulatory FrameworkPurpose of This Checklist You re starting a HIPAA compliance program or restarting one that s lapsed, and you need a concrete action plan to show auditors your efforts began with intention. This check
Regulatory FrameworkMost healthcare IT teams treat the NIST Cybersecurity Framework as a HIPAA overlay. They download the crosswalk spreadsheet, tick boxes, and call it done. Then they wonder why their security posture h
Breach NotificationYou ve enabled encryption in Microsoft 365. You ve signed Business Associate Agreements . You ve trained staff to type Secure in subject lines. And you re still exposed. These myths persist because th
Breach NotificationCentral Maine Healthcare agreed to a $1,368,025 settlement in July 2026 to resolve class action claims from a 2025 data breach . The healthcare system detected unusual network activity on June 1, 2025
