HIPAA settlement underscores the vulnerability of unpatched and unsupported software
Report Urges Health Care to Assess Financial Impact of Data Breaches
As the Obama administration provides incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), efforts by the health care industry to secure patient data, or protected health information (PHI), have lagged behind, according to a new report by the PHI Project, an initiative of 100 health care leaders, including providers and insurance companies, as well as legal and security experts.