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IRAC BRIEF: DATA BREACH AT ADVOCATE MEDICAL GROUP
Learning Team A: Joyce Bush, Ebony King, Thelma Joiner
LAW/531
Robert Cruz
December 9, 2014
IRAC BRIEF: DATA BREACH AT ADVOCATE MEDICAL GROUP
In 2013, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital was burglarized, and four unencrypted
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Under the HIPAA
Breach Notification Rule, 45 CFR §§ 164.400-414, organizations are required to give notice to the following entities: (1) the person(s) affected by the breach (2) the media to spread the word about the data breach (3) the secretary and (4) all business associates
("U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services", 2014).
Analysis
In this case, Advocate Medical Group has violated both the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA. HIPAA has privacy requirements that govern disclosure of
PHI. The security regulation covers administrative, technical and physical safeguards that required prevention of unauthorized access to protected health care information
(Buck, 2010). The medical group could face significant penalties due to security breaches of medical information. Physical safeguards should have been implemented to assure that equipment with electronic information systems that contained patient data are safe from unauthorized intrusion. Technical safeguards cover the electronic protected health information and control access to it. Advocate Medical Group has failed to ensure proper HIPAA policies and procedures were implemented in the

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