An IT friend recently told us about a doctor who had his computer stolen from out of his office. The doctor, the victim of a robbery, ended up having to pay a $50,000 fine for his stolen computer– ouch! First your computer gets stolen and then YOU get fined? What’s up with that? HIPAA, that’s what. The HIPAA penalties for breaches are costly, painful, and…mostly avoidable. HIPAA penalties for breaches occur whenever a data containing device that has consumers’ personal health or other … [Read more...]