Companies that connect to the internet share common risks; they are vulnerable to attack by cyber criminals and they risk losing data as possible result of the attack. Data breaches, whether intentional or unintentional, continue to rise. Nevertheless, a data loss constitutes issues not only for our clients, but significant issues for Allegiant Health, which includes legal ramifications, loss of public trust, etc. In the healthcare industry, data breaches have a global impact for as threats can come from all over the globe. For example, Community Health Systems, Inc. (Ragan, 2014) experienced a data breach in 2014. During this breach, Chinese cyber criminals stole an estimated 4.5 million patients’ information, which included names, addresses,
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The Minneapolis based Target Corporation announced in December that criminals forced their way into the company’s computer system. The data breach compromised 40 million credit and debit card accounts of customers who shopped during the holiday season between November 27 and December 15, 2013. The data captured was far broader than originally imagined as hackers gained access to 70 million customer’s personal information including names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Additionally, expiration dates, debit-card PIN numbers, and the embedded code on the magnetic strip of the card were stolen.
Identity theft has always been in the back of my mind whenever I use my debit card but I wasn’t too concerned about my health information until I learned about HIPAA. It is a very important set of rules and standards that protects our privacy.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was created to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system. There are numerous rules that fall under this act, which include Privacy, Security, Enforcement, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rule. All of which set a national standards of protection, confidentiality, and integrity. HIPAA is to protect those who are patients in any medical facility.
The Health Insurance portability and Accountability Act was first introduced in 1996. This law became nationally known as HIPAA. “This law is made up of five sections. Titles I, III, IV, and V address regulation of the continuity and renewability of employee health insurance, promote the establishment and use of medical savings accounts, and set standards for the coverage of long-term care.” (Charles R. McCornell, 2015, pg 513) HIPAA set guidelines for a lot of aspects in the American health care system. “This law addresses a variety of issues related to health care. HIPAA required the US Department of Health and Human Services to adopt standards regarding the electronic exchange, privacy, and security of health information.” (Health Insurance
Health care fraud is an ever growing problem with in our country. This is not a new issue, nor an issue that will ever go way. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) health care fraud cost tax payers two hundred and seventy two billion dollars in 2013 (Federal Bureau of Investigations, 2016). The numbers have continued to increase.
The next problem related to telemedicine relates to security and private breaches. In order for telemedicine to work properly it requires that sensitive patient information be transferred from location to location that may be quite a dista...
The healthcare industry has access to a patient’s personal health information, in electronic and paper form, and is responsible for protecting this information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) establish requirements for the healthcare industry. The establishment and implementation of an effective information security plan is critical to meet these requirements and ensure this protection. There are however challenges and risks that must be addressed. Cloud computing can be defined as the use of computer resources without the expense of owing the hardware and software. Cloud computing is becoming more and more popular in major corporations as a way to gain use of specific programs, applications and even hardware by way of the Internet.
Case 1 -- You work in a busy multi-specialty clinic with a high patient volume. The physicians enter the type of code that will yield the greatest reimbursement. You suspect the codes are not accurate.
5. The thing that you will need to implement is the disabling of all unnecessary ports and services on the POS devices.
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the use of the Internet, as a result of greater amounts of online information and knowledge, commerce, entertainment and social networking. According to the Global Village (2014), in 2014, 40.7% of the world’s population uses the Internet in contrast to 20% in 2007. However, as the rate of Internet use increases so do the rate of cybercrimes, that is, crimes committed via the Internet. A report by Norton, an antivirus software maker, in 2012 found that about 431million adults experienced cybercrime per year in 24 countries. The report also found that 69% of adults have experienced cybercrime in their lifetime and there has been a 3% rise in overall cybercrime compared to the 2010 survey. This essay will argue that legal and illegal access to personal information has resulted in an increase in the number of crimes committed, both online and offline.
The objective of this paper is to look at the pros and cons of privacy breaches caused by human errors and hacking. The purpose of this research paper is to prove that human error is the leading cause of breaches by looking at areas where the violation occurs. Those areas included but not limited to:
Cybercrime is a big concern in society and the healthcare industry is at risk of being a victim just like any other industry. It can cause healthcare costs to rise and increase safety concerns for patients, not to mention it can violate the Health Insurance Probability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Cybercrime affects all aspects of the healthcare industry including but not limited to consumers, healthcare providers, payers and pharmaceutical companies. The purpose of this research paper is to state facts about cybercrime and the effects it has on the healthcare industry, what actions can be taken for prevention , as well as my opinion on the issue.
TJX, the largest off‐price clothing retailer in the United States. Winners and HomeSense in Canada are two from the eight organizations. TJX faced the largest online hack with about 94 million records lost in 2006. The company found in December 2006 about the breach. After the investigation, the company found that they were losing sensitive information since 2005.
Costs of cybercrime is very expensive to try to resolve and insure against. One study indicates that cybercrime will reach $2 trillion by 2019 a threefold from a 2015 estimate. According to the Ponemon Institute’s “2016 cost of data breach study: Global Analysis” which queried 383 organizations that suffered at least one breach in 2016, the average cost per breach was $4 million. That figure rose to $7 million in the U.S. Cyber insurance has swelled, primarily in the U.S., from $1 billion two years ago to $2.5 billion in 2016. Experts expect dramatic growth in the next five