4th Annual Ponemon Benchmark Study – Reveals New Problems for PHI Security Same as it ever was? You’d be forgiven for thinking that after reading the Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security Report (the “Study”). Conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by our friends at ID Experts, the picture […]
Tag: HIPAA
Finally. Google Cloud Announces it will enter into HIPAA BAA’s
Well, it took long enough. Google Cloud Platform service has finally publicly announced they will willingly enter into Business Associate Agreements (“BAA’s”) with “Covered Entities” regarding use of Google Cloud services and Protected Health Information (“PHI”). Google’s announcement comes nearly five months the after Sept 23, 2013 effective date for compliance with the HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus […]
Ponemon Study on Patient Privacy Highlights Security Failings
Released today, the Ponemon Institute‘s Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security (available at, http://www2.idexpertscorp.com/ponemon2012/) starkly highlights the continued serious challenges faced by healthcare organizations in adequately safeguarding protected health information (“PHI”). As the study notes straight out of the gate “the threats to healthcare organizations have become increasingly more difficult to […]
