Preventing Business Associate Health Data Breaches

Because business associates have been culprits in heath data breaches impacting millions of individuals, healthcare entities need to be diligent in taking steps to reduce the persistent risks these vendors pose, says privacy and security expert Susan Lucci."Business associates should be viewed as an extension of your workforce," says Lucci of the consultancy tw-Security."In other words, they're fulfilling roles and doing tasks that need to be done in the delivery of healthcare," she says in an interview with Information Security...