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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 5, 2024 3:18:42 AM
The U.S. Senate has introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024, a bipartisan effort aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. It calls for updates to HIPAA regulations and improving coordination between...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 4, 2024 4:30:00 AM
Patient-centered care is a comprehensive care model that focuses on the patient’s symptoms, medical history, emotional, social, and financial factors...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 4, 2024 3:10:17 AM
Healthcare providers cannot invite or arrange for members of the media, including film crews, to enter treatment areas of their facilities without...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 3, 2024 12:41:41 PM
HIPAA mandates the protection of patient health information (PHI), and while incapacitated patients may not be able to provide consent themselves,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 30, 2024 5:37:45 AM
Phishing attacks are growing more sophisticated, but recognizing their common characteristics can keep you ahead of the curve. According to CISA...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 28, 2024 6:43:49 PM
The Black Basta ransomware group has escalated its cyberattacks by using Microsoft Teams to impersonate IT personnel. The tactic tricks employees...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 28, 2024 2:03:19 PM
What happened A new phishing scam is targeting Apple users by sending fake emails claiming that the recipient's Apple ID, now referred to as "Apple...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 28, 2024 9:15:36 AM
A recent study conducted by Shanghai University indicates that D-Wave's quantum annealing technology could compromise encryption systems such as RSA...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 27, 2024 2:24:32 PM
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) establishes stringent standards for safeguarding protected health information (PHI),...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 26, 2024 7:47:28 PM
A post-breach risk assessment is a structured evaluation conducted after a data breach or cybersecurity incident to determine the scope, impact, and...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 26, 2024 7:27:06 PM
Quantum computing in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize various aspects of the industry, particularly in areas such as drug discovery,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 26, 2024 5:19:25 AM
The healthcare industry has seen a gradual increase in data breaches “involving the loss of 500 or more records” from 2009 to 2024. These breaches...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Nov 22, 2024 6:27:26 PM
Nine months after a ransomware attack by ALPHV/BlackCat crippled its operations and exposed data on 100 million people, Change Healthcare has...
