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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 8, 2025 11:53:40 AM
Emergency access procedures are protocols that take place during unforeseen circumstances threatening the availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). In these cases, hospital teams have to respond rapidly to ensure medical...
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 7, 2025 9:22:44 AM
Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare in El Paso, Texas, has disclosed an insider data breach involving a former employee's unauthorized access to patient...
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 6, 2025 10:56:41 AM
A class action lawsuit claims Akumin failed to protect patient info before a cyberattack.
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 5, 2025 9:01:35 AM
Static application security testing operates as a “white box” testing approach, meaning it analyzes an application's internal workings by examining...
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 4, 2025 9:22:49 PM
Vulnerability testing is a part of cybersecurity that operates through the systematic identification, evaluation, and addressing of weaknesses in...
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 4, 2025 2:16:57 PM
Released in January 2024, the HHS Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) are designed to help healthcare organizations prioritize necessary security...
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Kirsten Peremore: Jan 2, 2025 12:18:03 PM
The HHS Office for Civil Rights proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, marking the first major revision since 2013, to address the growing...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 31, 2024 3:14:18 PM
The Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (or Deployment) pipeline (CI/CD) is a process that automates the processes involved in software...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 30, 2024 6:35:54 PM
HIPAA requires healthcare providers to respond to a patient’s request for access to their protected health information (PHI) within a specific...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 6:32:36 PM
Healthcare organizations need to use collaborative healthcare efforts because they help ensure patients receive the best possible care. This need...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 6:07:39 PM
The Preransomware Notifications Initiative is a program by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that provides early warnings...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 29, 2024 12:55:41 PM
Patients can request an accounting of disclosures that includes information shared by their covered entity during litigation, as per 45 CFR 164.528.
