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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 6:42:43 PM
UnitedHealth has confirmed that the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exposed the personal and healthcare data of over 100 million people, marking the largest healthcare data breach in recent years.
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 6:34:09 PM
Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP) fell victim to a ransomware attack involving an IT vendor. The attacker, the BianLian group, is now...
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Officials from HHS and NIST focused on the importance of collaboration to enhance healthcare cybersecurity during the first day of the Safeguarding...
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Survival Flight, an Arizona-based emergency medical transport company, recently announced that a cyberattack targeted its email systems, compromising...
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On October 14, 2024, Arizona-based OnePoint Patient Care, a leading hospice pharmacy, disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal...
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Abby Grifno: Oct 28, 2024 4:44:28 PM
Insurance firm Johnson & Johnson recently reported a data breach impacting thousands.
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Liyanda Tembani: Oct 28, 2024 4:17:20 PM
Group therapy practitioners should manage text threads to protect patient privacy and be compliant with HIPAA.
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Kirsten Peremore: Oct 28, 2024 4:03:46 PM
Informed consent ensures patients' decisions are based on a full understanding of their medical condition and treatment options. In situations where...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 28, 2024 3:48:19 PM
Delivery truck lines help transport goods or documents. They are not considered business associates under HIPAA, as they typically do not handle or...
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Kirsten Peremore: Oct 28, 2024 3:38:15 PM
Both medical and psychiatric advance directives relate to medical decisions for patients. While psychiatric advance directives cover psychiatric...
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Abby Grifno: Oct 28, 2024 12:49:15 PM
CBS journalists recently investigated the prevalence of Medicare fraud and its relationship to rising data breaches.
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During the recent Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security conference, the HHS urged healthcare organizations to...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 26, 2024 1:00:00 AM
In its role as a carrier of physical packages containing PHI, UPS is not considered a business associate under HIPAA because it qualifies for the...
