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This article is reprinted from Healthcare IT News with the author’s permission.

The handling of data breach incidents has become a way of life for healthcare providers and with other HIPAA covered entities. With the passage of the HITECH Act last year, there are now substantial penalties that can be levied, up to $1.5 million. This fact, combined with a requirement to notify the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the media for data breach incidents that affect over 500 individuals has, for the first time, resulted in public records being kept for such incidents.

If you oversee privacy, compliance, or IT for a hospital system, a group practice, a health insurance company, other covered entities, or even one of their business associates, the HITECH Act and its privacy and data breach provisions require your close attention. W

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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from the ITAC blog. As many of us are counting the hours down to a long holiday weekend, we thought we would discuss the importance of this holiday weekend and how safety should be paramount – for everything including your personal data. Of course, there are many stories about firework safety and how to combat the heat, which thankfully broke on the east coast. We even found a story about BBQ safety tips.

But, alas, we did not find any stories about tips for keeping your personal data safe over the holiday weekend. So, we decided to fill this editorial void. We

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In the on-going war to prevent identity theft, scientists and financial wizards work constantly to develop different ideas, methods, and technologies to put an end to identity theft. The latest technology developed is biometrics. Is this ‘the one’ that will put an end to identity theft and enable everyone to breathe a collective sigh of relief?

Biometrics and Identity Theft

Biometrics is the scanning of your retina, fingerprints, or the vein pattern in the palms of your hands. Developers thought biometrics was the answer to preventing identity theft because there was nothing thieves could steal. Thieves can steal your credit card or PIN number, but not your retinal image, fingerprints, or vein pattern.

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As many of our reader know, we like to shine a light on those who are doing extraordinary things when it comes to fighting identity theft. We like to focus on members of law enforcement, consumer advocates, law makers and the like. But, every so often, we like to deviate a bit. And, this is exactly what we are doing by naming this week’s “Best Person” a Colorado grandmother who was wrongly jailed for being accused of running a massive identity theft ring.

Margot Sommerville (not her in the photo – that’s Estelle Getty from Golden Girls!) had her purse stolen in June 2006 in California. Five mont

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Every day, we learn about new identity theft scams. And since you visit this site, odds are you protected yourself. Taking on the task of convincing your friends and family about the serious nature identity theft really may prove a little trickier. Fortunately, here are some easy steps to take and help protect them as well.

1. Warn them of the possibility that identity thieves pretend to be them

Sometimes with small children, we suggest code words — a secret phrase an adult can use to tell a child that yes, your parents really did send me to pick you up after school. A similar safeguard is useful in email.

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