Personnel changes at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) would have a “major impact on healthcare IT security in 2014,” HealthITSecurity reports. President Barack Obama reportedly intends to nominate OCR Director Leon Rodriguez to fulfill a role in immigration services, leaving questions as to who would replace Rodriguez, especially during such a critical time as the OCR prepares for its 2014 HIPAA audits. In other healthcare-related headlines, a breach lasting four years was discovered at a Virginia health system during a random company audit in November, and patients affected by the data breach at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Orange County have filed a class-action lawsuit in California.
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