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Access Report This rule proposes that an individual may request a report describing who has accessed their PHI maintained in an electronic designated record set, includ- ing the date and time of access, the person or entity accessing the information, a description of the information, and what was done with the information. Covered Entities must revise their Notice of Privacy Practices to notify individuals of their right to an accounting and an access report. Monetary Penalties For the first time this year, there were three major monetary penalties issued for HIPAA violations. These include a $4.3 million penalty involving failure to provide access, a $1 million penalty involving loss of PHI, and most recently an $865,500 penalty involving unauthorized employee access to electronic PHI. Another reason to update your HIPAA program! Joy Kosiewicz is an attorney in the Health Care Group at Brouse McDowell in Akron. n been honored with two national awards. The board of the Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group will award Dr. Catalano its Jorgen Pederson Lecture at its interna- tional meeting in Cambridge, England Sept. 22-24. Dr. Catalano also will chair a keynote lecture at the meeting. In addition, Dr. Catalano will receive the 2011 March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Washington, DC, on Oct. 31. The honor is bestowed upon those who demonstrate distinguished achieve- ment in research, education or clinical services in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition. Tomonori Igarashi, MD, PhD, received first prize in the Young Investigator Awards Competition, an international research competi- tion at the 2011 Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society in San Francisco. Dr. Igarashi, a post- doctoral research fellow in the Heart & Vascular Center at MetroHealth, worked with MetroHealth cardiologist Kevin Donahue, MD, on research to determine if DNA inserted into the top chambers of the heart could stabilize atrial fibrillation. Another finalist in the competition, Michael Cutler, DO, PhD, who is a research trainee in the MetroHealth Heart & Vascular Center, studied gene therapy for arrhythmias associated with heart failure. His study was conducted with MetroHealth chief of Cardiology David Rosenbaum, MD. Dr. Igarashi and Dr. Cutler were two of six finalists from cardiovascular research labs around the world. The Heart Rhythm Society is the largest sub-specialty organization in the field of cardiology and its conference brings together 14,000 physicians and scientists who specialize in researching and treating arrhythmias. n MDNEWS.COM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2011 MD NEWS Cleveland-Akron-Canton | 51