Indiana Security & Privacy Network
Privacy Act Protects Some Practices With Patient Data Breaches

Apr 14, 2010

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cited a 36-year-old privacy law as the reason why it cannot post on its breach notification Web site the names of private practitioners who report breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals. See link.

Additional links:

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-249399/Privacy-Act-Protects-Some-Practices-With-Patient-Data-Breaches