The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to amend and expand its Health Breach Notification Rule, or HBNR, to cover entities not previously covered by HIPAA, allow them to use email and other electronic data…
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By Jill McKeon
May 16, 2023 – The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled a HIPAA investigation with MedEvolve, an Arkansas-based business associate that provides revenue cycle management, practice management, and practice analytics software to…
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MITRE has developed a new report in response to the policy paper, Cybersecurity is Patient Safety: Policy Options in the Health Care Sector, put forth by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia. The new MITRE whitepaper…
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Bryan Smith, Chief Technology Officer, RiskLensIn 2020, the Dental Care Alliance (DCA) experienced a significant cyberattack on its systems, which lasted approximately an entire month. This gave the threat actor an extended period to…
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Kenyon Crowley, Ph.D., Health Analytics Lead, Accenture Federal ServicesThe COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public…
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Don Kelly, Manager of the Virtual Information Security Program at Fortified Health SecurityIt’s a fact: More than 80% of data breaches involve a human in some way. That could involve someone falling for a…
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How Whiteboards Support Clinical WorkflowsCollaborative whiteboards help care teams with patient care planning while enabling HIPAA compliance. This tool can be used for facility planning and coordinating services, Eudailey says, and healthcare teams can…
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Welcome to the Digital Health Digest! In today's episode, we'll be covering the top digital health news stories from April that are driving innovation and shaping the future of healthcare. From partnerships and mergers…
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The following is a guest article by Dr. Suraj Kapa, Chief Medical Officer at TripleBlind
Data is arguably the most critical driver of innovation in healthcare today. When you think about it, everything in healthcare…
By Sarai Rodriguez
April 27, 2023 – Six individuals, including five former Methodist Hospital employees, face sentencing for HIPAA violations after pleading guilty to the unauthorized disclosure of personal health information (PHI) involving motor vehicle…
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