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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 6, 2024 5:26:33 PM
Children’s Hospital Colorado faces a hefty penalty from the HHS OCR following multiple HIPAA violations impacting thousands of individuals.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 6, 2024 5:03:51 PM
While organizations have flexibility in structuring their compliance functions, having dedicated HIPAA compliance staff can help ensure ongoing...
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Elekta Inc. and Northwestern Memorial Healthcare recently agreed to an $8.9 million settlement after a 2021 ransomware attack compromised the...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 6, 2024 4:52:51 PM
What is a data breach? Data breaches occur when sensitive, confidential, or protected information is accessed or disclosed without proper...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 6, 2024 11:59:18 AM
Enhancing scalability in patient engagement facilitates efficient, consistent, and personalized care. Making sure your organization is scaling up as...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 6, 2024 10:36:33 AM
Cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) are rooted in economic evaluation, assigning monetary values to both costs and benefits. It can be applied to risk...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 6, 2024 9:07:08 AM
Atrium Health has disclosed a data breach affecting over 585,000 individuals, linked to third-party tracking technologies on its patient portal.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 6, 2024 3:29:07 AM
Control analysis is a way for healthcare organizations to test the technical safeguards required by the HIPAA Security Rule. The test itself extends...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 5, 2024 4:14:25 PM
Forensic firms are mostly responsible for analyzing the systems of organizations extensively, usually following a data breach. Through their work,...
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Farah Amod: Dec 5, 2024 3:46:49 PM
A patient’s private medical information was shared on Twitter by an unauthorized hospital employee, raising questions about privacy protections and...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 5, 2024 3:14:42 PM
Social awareness is the ability to recognize and understand the emotions, thoughts, and perspectives of others. The concept is often reflected in how...
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What happened Salt Typhoon, a Chinese cyber-espionage group, allegedly infiltrated at least eight US telecommunications firms, stealing large volumes...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 5, 2024 2:20:18 PM
The motive behind a data breach is often reflected in the financial, ideological, and strategic interests of threat actors.It is especially financial...
