The American Hospital Association (AHA) contests the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal, opposing hospital culpability for cyberattacks. AHA President Rick Pollack voices concerns, emphasizing hospitals’ existing cybersecurity investments and the…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights said Thursday it has settled with Lafourche Medical Group closing an investigation over a phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health…
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The American Hospital Association says the newly released U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ healthcare sector cybersecurity strategy paper, which outlines the agency’s “ongoing and planned steps to improve cyber resiliency and protect…
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A Russian national pleaded guilty today to his role in developing and deploying the malicious software known as Trickbot, which was used to launch cyberattacks against American hospitals and other businesses, according to the…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced it has settled with the Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, New York, related to a charge of unlawful release of…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced it has settled with the Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, New York, related to a charge of unlawful release of…
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Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, announced it signed a five-year $275,000 contract to examine the City of San Antonio’s implementation of its Racial and Ethnic Approaches…
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What You Should Know: – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to build and maintain a new electronic health record (EHR) system utilizing Oracle…
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Healthcare providers who engage in information blocking could be on the hook for significant financial penalties, if proposed rules published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week are put into…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector…
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