Correction?: According to an August 9 HealthcareITNews article, Cogent is the covered entity in the breach of 32,000 patients, while M2ComSys is the careless medical transcription contractor, or Business Associate. healthcareitnews/news/site-flaw-puts-patient-data-google “Hospitalist and intensivist company Cogent Healthcare, based in Nashville, Tenn., contracted with Las Vegas-based medical transcription and software vendor M2ComSys to transcribe care notes dictated by physicians. M2 stored protected health information on what was supposed to be a secure Internet site. The site, in reality, had its firewall down. The access to these notes through the site began May 5, 2013, and ended following Cogent Healthcare’s discovery of the lapse on June 24, 2013” – Erin McCann, Associate Editor.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:07:25 +0000
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