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Colonial Behavioral Health (CBH), a Virginia-based healthcare services provider, announced a data breach on November 27, 2024, following a ransomware attack. The breach exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 29,930 individuals.
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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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Farah Amod: Dec 4, 2024 3:25:02 AM
Russian hackers used a ‘nearest-neighbor attack’ through WiFi to breach a US company, trying to infiltrate Ukraine-related projects.
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Farah Amod: Dec 4, 2024 3:17:44 AM
A nurse’s social media post about a pediatric measles patient led to her termination and showcased the risks of sharing patient information online.
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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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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 3, 2024 6:40:02 PM
Blue Yonder experienced a data breach, compromising its operations and potentially clients relying on the supply chain management solution.
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Liyanda Tembani: Dec 3, 2024 6:33:49 PM
The following breaches in healthcare were reported this week:
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Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old Idaho resident, was recently sentenced to a decade in prison for hacking into at least 19 organizations, stealing...
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Cyberattacks compromise patient privacy and safety, disrupting the financial stability of healthcare organizations. Healthcare organizations must...
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 3, 2024 12:49:36 PM
Implicit biases are the unconscious attitudes and stereotypes that influence how people make decisions. These biases can exist in healthcare...
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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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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 3, 2024 12:33:38 PM
Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, evaluating, treating, and reporting security vulnerabilities in systems and software, which...
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Kapua Iao: Dec 3, 2024 11:58:54 AM
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a law that protects the rights and privacy of patients by...
