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"Lack of timely action risks security and costs money," says the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) press release, and while it's unclear how much one lost phone and one lost laptop risk security, we know how much money they cost: $3,217,000 assessed against the Children's Medical Center of Dallas for HIPAA violations.

Quest Diagnostics' announcement of a massive data breach drives home the fact that no health care organization is safe from intruders.
Employees at your organization may have received an email that appeared to be from the HHS Office for Civil Rights that invites them to click on a link for inclusion in the “HIPAA Privacy, and Breach Rules Audit Program.” However, there is no such thing (although it does sound a lot like the OCR's HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Audit Program) and the email isn’t from the OCR. It’s from a website that is marketing the services of a cybersecurity firm.

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