Telemed Blog Unpatched Software can lead to large HIPAA Fine - Make sure 2015 is a HIPAA Compliant Year

Recently the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has fined a Mental Health service facility in Alaska $150K for failure to apply software patches. This incident contributed to a large malware-related breach in 2012, impacting more than 2,700 patients. This HIPAA settlement marks the first time the OCR has issued [...]The post Unpatched Software can lead to large HIPAA Fine - Make sure 2015 is a HIPAA Compliant Year appeared first on TeleMed: Medical Answering Services.