> Mass General takes $1 million hit for losing 193 patient records
[DATE: 25/02/2011 16:30]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
Following closely on the heels of its first Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule fine, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doled out a $1 million fine against Massachusetts General Hospital for a data breach involving 192 patients begin treated for infectious diseases.