Loss of a Single Laptop Leads to $50k Fine Against Idaho Hospice

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 7, 2013 @01:14PM from the sterm-talking-to dept.

netbuzz writes "Losing a single laptop containing sensitive personal information about 441 patients will cost a non-profit Idaho hospice center $50,000, marking the first such HIPAA-related penalty involving fewer than 500 data-breach victims. Yes, the data was not encrypted. 'This action sends a strong message to the health care industry that, regardless of size, covered entities must take action and will be held accountable for safeguarding their patients' health information,' says the Department of Health and Human Services."

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It works! by jameshofo · 2013-01-07 13:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

All those nay Sayers that government doesn't work, well look at this!

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Re:Hospice prices go up by Rockoon · 2013-01-07 13:56 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Wow.

He is talking about the insurance the Hospice provider buys, not the insurance the patients have.

Welcome to the list of really clueless stains on slashdot that act like experts even when they know so little that they say something as ridiculous as well, what you just said.

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