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Employee Fired for Inappropriately Accessing EHR Records

Healthcare IT Today

Even an ‘Internal Breach’ is a Breach According to an announcement on its website , Alabama-based DCH Health Systems fired an employee for accessing and viewing over 2,500 patient records “without a legitimate business need related to the employee’s job duties.”

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Healthcare Cybersecurity: Best Practices for Data Protection

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to a report from the Ponemon Institute/IBM Security, healthcare data breaches are rising, with the average data breach cost now totaling $6.45 Healthcare data breaches cost companies millions of dollars annually, and the US Department of Health and Human Services has responded by making cybersecurity a top priority.