If you have noticed an increasing number of high profile problems for healthcare organizations with respect to privacy and security issues these last few weeks you’re not alone.  The issues have ranged from employee misuse of protected health information, web-based breaches, photocopier breaches, and theft of stolen computers that compromised millions of records containing unsecured

In August of last year, I wrote about HB 300, a Texas law that, beginning September 1, 2012, created employee training and other requirements for any company doing business in Texas that collects, uses, stores, transmits, or comes into possession of protected health information (PHI).  The law’s training provisions required covered entities to train

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided Resnick v. AvMed, Inc., No. 11-13694 (11th Cir. Sep. 5, 2012).  The Court’s opinion addresses some important issues regarding an individual’s right to bring a private lawsuit when her personally identifiable information or protected health information is compromised.  In its decision,