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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is reviewing a class action lawsuit that claims that New England Baptist Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center violated the state’s Wiretap Act by using undisclosed web…
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a procurement for an interoperability platform for adult social care. The interoperability architecture is meant to support the care and treatment of both patients and users…
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By Jacqueline LaPointe
March 21, 2024 – OCR recently released updated HIPAA guidance for covered entities and business associates who use online tracking technologies that exchange protected health information (PHI).
The guidance addresses the increasing use of…
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NHS Dumfries and Galloway announced on Friday that it has been the target of a “focused and ongoing” cyber attack.The health board said it was working with partner agencies including Police Scotland, the National…
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has selected Epic as its preferred supplier for an electronic patient record system.The trust, which has a secondary care catchment of around 475,000 people, with a wider peninsula population…
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As it begins to recover from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, UnitedHealth Group said this week that it is enabling its Rx Connect, Rx Edit and Rx Assist services for customers who have configured direct…
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services revised its joint ALPHV Blackcat cybersecurity alert Tuesday to disseminate new indicators of compromise observed…
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The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan is intended to serve as an industry call to action as well as guide C-suite execs, health IT leaders and government…
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Data Can Drive Change for Rural HealthcareLindner shared a story of an organization that wanted to know why it was so hard for patients to find appointments for addiction medication. He said it was…
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Pharmacy chains across the country are facing disruptions due to a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a Nashville-based company that processes patient payments for healthcare organizations.
Change Healthcare is owned by Optum, a subsidiary of insurance…
