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The 2010 Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, conducted by the Ponemon Institute. The study revealed that data breaches were costing hospitals across the US up to $6 billion each year. Breaches of patient information are largely undetected by the organization, due to lack of priority, resources, preparation and staffing for privacy and security [...]  Online assurance programs were created to independently regulate information privacy and build consumer trust, especially with regard to Internet transactions. These programs play a big role in countries, like the United States, which rely on industry self-regulation, rather than strong government oversight to ensure the protection of consumer [...] Abandoned medical records and their privacy implications made the news in two separate incidents over the past 10 days in Massachusetts and Alberta. The push to Electronic Health Records will solve the problem of loss for patients, but will introduce a whole host of other [...] | ||||
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