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AHA responds to CMS request for information on hospital price transparency

The American Hospital Association responded to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for information on price transparency policy, arguing that determining accuracy and completeness of hospitals' machine-readable files is challenging...

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Michigan Hospital Hack exposes over 54,000 patient records

What happened McKenzie Memorial Hospital experienced a data breach in mid-April 2025 that exposed sensitive patient information. According to notices...

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Tea App photo leak now includes over 1.1 million private messages

An initial misconfigured storage system exposed sensitive verification photos; now, a second leak has revealed deeply personal user conversations.

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Cencora & The Lash Group reach $40 million settlement

The settlement follows a class action suit regarding a 2024 data breach.

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Mosaic Life Care breach exposes patient data of 145,000 individuals

What happened On April 29, 2025, Mosaic Life Care (also known as Heartland Regional Medical Center) identified a data breach that exposed sensitive...

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Is AWS HealthScribe HIPAA compliant? (2025 update)

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Is AWS HealthScribe HIPAA compliant? (2025 update)

Based on our research, AWS HealthScribe is HIPAA compliant because it meets the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

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Internal email governance policies that support HIPAA compliance

According to the study "We Got Mail": Electronic Communication Between Physicians and Patients, an estimated 17.5 million adults in the US were...

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Are text messages with financial incentives more effective?

According to a research study on Text Messages with Financial Incentives to Help Men With Obesity Lose Weight, the answer is yes.

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Is BastionGPT HIPAA compliant? (2025 update)

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Is BastionGPT HIPAA compliant? (2025 update)

Based on our research, BastionGPT is HIPAA compliant because it meets the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

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How AI is transforming medical content writing

At the 2025 Eduvos University Interdisciplinary Bootcamp in Pretoria, South Africa, I had the opportunity to speak about one of the most pressing...

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Humana sues CMS once more over Medicare Advantage star ratings

Days after a federal judge struck down Humana's first lawsuit challenging Medicare Advantage star ratings, the insurer filed a new complaint against...

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Google shuts down Catwatchful spyware a month after warning

The surveillance app harvested data from thousands of Android phones using Google’s own servers, until a researcher exposed a critical flaw.

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Microsoft 365 admin center outage disrupts global access for IT administrators

Microsoft is investigating a widespread outage that has left IT administrators unable to access the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, disrupting core...

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