What is big data? It's a way of saying there's a lot of information staring you and your organization in the face. But it's also a reality for the healthcare industry.
Despite gains in compliance and security potentially linked to industry emphasis on the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, some dangerous gaps remain regarding corporate email and file transfer habits.
Sending out a mass mailing of a pamphlet that contained Medicare beneficiary numbers resulted in a civil monetary penalty of $6,768,000 for Triple-S Salud, Inc. (TSS), a Puerto Rican health insurance subsidiary.