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Healthcare Data Security:

It’s Not Getting Any Easier
ZACHARIAH P.
More than 27 million Audit Program.
patient records were com- As cyber criminals
promised in reported become increasingly soph -
healthcare data breaches isticated in their attacks ZACHARIAH, M.D.,
in 2016 – and cyber crim- and regulators increase
inals are to blame for the enforcement, healthcare
vast majority . or gan izations must be -
Some of those inci- come more vigilant in pro- JOINS THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM
dents hit close to home. tecting their data. Without
Two of the largest enterprise risk controls,
breaches reported in the ability to identify vul-
2016 took place in Fort nerabilities and create
Myers, Florida. In one quality of service (QoS)
incident, 21st Century BY KEVIN N. FINE, MHA thresholds may be limited.
Oncology reported that My colleague, Jorge Rey,
an “unauthorized third CISA, CISM, CGEIT, direc-
party” had accessed the records of 2.2 tor of information security and compli-
million individuals. In the other inci- ance at Kaufman Rossin, says “when
dent, more than 480,000 records from properly implemented, a multi-layer
Radiology Regional Center were compro- defense system can help to mitigate an
mised when they fell from the back of a organization’s exposure and risk of a data
waste management truck. breach.”
The largest incident reported in 2016 Here are a few of his recommendations
affected 3.7 million individuals at Banner for building a cyber security defense sys-
Health in Phoenix, Arizona. Cyber - tem:
criminals targeting payment card data • Train employees on IT security best
breached computer servers at the health practices and how to recognize phishing
system, affecting patients, health plan scams
members and food and beverage cus- • Restrict access to sensitive data,
tomers and providers, and showing that including protected health information
the threat of targeted attacks in the (PHI)
healthcare industry prevails. • Implement firewall and other techni- The University of Miami Health System is proud to
So far, 2017 is looking like another sig- cal controls announce that Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D., one
nificant year for healthcare cyber securi- • Set up reliable backups and redun-
ty, as large data breaches and penalties dancies of the nation's leading cardiologists, has joined our
have occurred for health systems. • Create an incident response plan division as Medical Director of UHealth Cardiology,
There were a few other notable cyber To learn more about protecting your
security developments in the healthcare healthcare organization from cyber Fort Lauderdale.
industry last year: threats, contact a firm with expertise in
• The U.S. Department of Health and information security and experience Dr. Zachariah is board-certified in internal medicine
Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil serving healthcare clients.
Rights (OCR), announced the first and cardiology. He specializes in cardiology, cardiac
HIPAA enforcement action for lack of Kevin Fine is a director of healthcare catheterization, and interventional cardiology. He
timely breach notification; Presence advisory services in the Miami office of
Health agreed to settle for $475,000. Kaufman Rossin, one of the Top 50 CPA and has performed over 30,000 heart catheterizations
• OCR released new guidance on advisory firms in the U.S. He can be and interventional procedures in South Florida. He
HIPAA and cloud computing. reached at kfine@kaufmanrossin.com.
• OCR began Phase 2 of the HIPAA currently serves on the Florida Board of Medicine, the
Florida Council of 100 and is also a member of the
Board of Trustees of Nova Southeastern University. Dr.
Sylvester Comprehensive Zachariah served on the Florida Board of Governors,
which oversees 11 public universities in Florida, for
Cancer Center Partners seven years and as President of the Fort Lauderdale

with Syapse to Launch Heart Institute at Holy Cross Hospital.

New Precision To schedule an appointment, call 954-772-2200.

Medicine Initiative New Location
UHealth Cardiology, Ft. Lauderdale
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – the University 4725 North Federal Highway, Suite 203
of Miami Health System, and Syapse, a market leader in precision oncology
solutions, announced that they will team up to launch a new precision med- Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308
icine initiative at Sylvester to help make personalized cancer care in South
Florida and throughout the Southeastern U.S. more effective. By partnering
with Syapse, Sylvester physicians will be able to more efficiently deliver per-
sonalized care that matches patients with targeted, cutting-edge therapies
based on the clinical and molecular profile of the patient, leading to
improved survival rates and better health outcomes.
Through the partnership with Syapse, Sylvester physicians will now have
a robust platform that brings together clinical, molecular, treatment, and
outcomes data to power this new era of precision medicine clinical work- UHealthSystem.com
flows. The Syapse platform will provide access to the largest, real-world pre-
cision oncology data sharing consortium in the world, enabling oncologists
to make better decisions for their patients using real-world treatment and
outcomes data on clinically and molecularly similar patients.

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