Articles by Christine Garcia

About Christine Garcia

Christine Garcia is the staff writer on Calculated HIPAA. Christine has several years experience in writing about healthcare sector issues with a focus on the compliance and cybersecurity issues. Christine has developed in-depth knowledge of HIPAA regulations. You can contact Christine at [email protected]. You can follow Christine on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ChrisCalHIPAA

McAlester Hospital in Trouble for Impermissible Disclosure of Medical Information

August 28, 2018 Christine Garcia

Dennis and Wayne Russell’s adopted two-year old boy named Keon passed away as a result of accidentally drowning. Soon after the boy was brought to McAlester Regional Health Center, they got a telephone call from […]

Ransomware Attack on Central Colorado Dermatology Caused Unauthorized PHI Access

August 22, 2018 Christine Garcia

Central Colorado Dermatology (CCD) advised around 4,000 patients that hackers possibly viewed some of their protected health information (PHI) due to a ransomware attack on its information system. An unauthorized person obtained access to CCD’s […]

Data Breach at Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute Impacts 9,350 Patients’ PHI

August 22, 2018 Christine Garcia

The Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute found in La Jolla, CA, notified thousands of patients about the stealing of their healthcare information after records that contains protected health information (PHI) were found to be in […]

Network Access Via Fax Machine Vulnerability Possible

August 15, 2018 Christine Garcia

In spite of many communication strategies available, healthcare providers still frequently use faxes for communicating. Some estimates propose as much as 75% of all communications take place by means of fax in the healthcare sector. […]

APWG Reports for Q1 2018 a 46% Increase in Phishing Websites

August 13, 2018 Christine Garcia

The Anti-Phishing Working Group issued its Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q1 2018 that indicates there was a significant rise in unique phishing webpages found in the first couple of months of 2018 in comparison […]

The PHI of 17,000 Patients from Oregon and Massachusetts Exposed

August 10, 2018 Christine Garcia

The healthcare records of over 17,000 patients were compromised in two healthcare data breaches in Massachusetts and Oregon. Lane County Health and Human Services located in Oregon has informed over 700 patients about the loss […]

23% of Data Breaches in Q2 2018 Due to Email Account Compromises

August 8, 2018 Christine Garcia

In the last year, the quantity of email data breach reports progressively went up. The Beazley Breach Insights Report July edition said that 23% of all data breaches documented by BBR (Beazley Breach Response) in […]

Request for Information on Federal Health Privacy Rules and Proposed Changes to Be Released by HHS

August 1, 2018 Christine Garcia

On July 22, Alex Azar, The Heritage Foundation, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), stated during an address that the HHS is preparing for various changes to the health privacy regulations […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report for Q1 2018

April 26, 2018 Christine Garcia

For the first quarter of 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 77 reports of healthcare data breaches. Over one million patients and health plan members were affected […]