Avoiding HIPAA Violations: Takeaways from the Providence Medical Institute Case
Do health organizations take the required measures to escape the costly fines for violation of HIPAA and leakages of patients' information? Recently a case was posted about a fine against Providence Medical Institute: the organization had to pay $240,000 as a result of a ransomware attack that caused a breach of 85,000 individuals' ePHI. The National Institute of Standards pointed out that insufficient security and the missing key safeguards were the leading causes of the breach.