U.S. healthcare providers face the most sweeping HIPAA Security Rule changes since its inception, with a May 2026 finalization expected to mandate multi-factor authentication, universal encryption, ...

Proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule mark the biggest update to healthcare data security in a decade, but while the ...

Healthcare organizations face an unprecedented security crisis. Since 2018, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches has nearly doubled—hitting 56 million last year. These ...

On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and ...

Cardiology remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming care, but it comes with serious HIPAA compliance responsibilities. From encryption to role-based access controls, every technical safeguard ...

The state of encryption in healthcare data privacy is evolving, but there is still room for improvement. Healthcare providers and organizations recognize the importance of encryption to protect ...

Healthcare IT leaders are giving themselves top marks on email breach detection while their organizations keep getting breached, according to new research from Paubox. In a survey of 170 U.S.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is required by law to perform periodic audits of covered entities and business associates to ensure their compliance ...

Among myriad acronyms in the healthcare industry, HIPAA is one of the most referenced. At the end of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed major updates to this law — named ...

New federal rules for securing personal health data give insurers and medical providers more flexibility on IT than expected. That could lower compliance costs but create a potential legal nightmare ...

Health care systems do their best to safeguard against breaches. But all of us could be doing more to protect our confidential health data. That starts with understanding when this data is most at ...