Two OIG Reports Question Security of Electronic Health Information
May 26th, 2011
Two reports issued by OIG raise concerns about security vulnerabilities in the two HHS agencies tasked with keeping electronic patient health information safe and private. The reports found that while safeguards were in place for communication between electronic health information systems, basic vulnerabilities existed in the IT systems in general, including unencrypted laptops and portable drives, unsecured networks, and outdated virus protection.
See the summaries and full text of Nationwide Rollup Review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Oversight and Audit of Information Technology Security Included in Health Information Technology Standards by clicking on the title of the report.
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