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Healthcare Data Security Breach: What to Do If Your Records Have Been Hacked

Scrubs

The number of healthcare data breaches keeps going up year after year. In 2018, the healthcare sector saw 15 million patient records compromised across 503 breaches, which was three times the amount seen in 2017. These data breaches have affected millions of patients, putting their sensitive healthcare information at risk.

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Outsourced Software Product Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Arkenea

This approach can free up internal resources, reduce time to market, and provide access to niche skills, especially in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Scalability Outsourced teams can flex up or down based on project phases.

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Do Practice Managers support the BMA’s GP collective action?

Practice Index

This decision follows the BMA’s member referendum on the 2024/25 General Medical Services (GMS) contract changes in which over 99% of members who responded (that’s more than 19,000 GPs and GP trainees) rejected the Government and NHS England’s 2024/25 GP contract changes. The BMA’s GP leaders requested an uplift of 8.7% are taking.

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How Volunteer Work Can Enhance Your Resume

We Care Online

Here are some situations where you might consider adding voluntary roles to enhance your resume: If youre at an early stage in your career: if youre recently qualified or youre applying for junior and entry-level positions, you might find its been difficult to build up the skills and experience required for some healthcare jobs.

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Navigating Admissions at the University of Washington School of Medicine [Episode 601]

Accepted Blog

She assumed the role of associate dean in 2018 after serving as assistant dean for approximately one year. Nearly half of the class end up becoming TRUST Scholars in Montana. You are one of the few medical schools that actually posts your four 250 word secondary essay questions that make up the UW SOM secondary application.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

2023, OCR reported a 239% increase in hacking-related data breaches between January 1, 2018, and September 30, 2023, and a 278% increase in ransomware attacks over the same period. PA Business Associate 2,675,934 Hacking/IT Incident 45 2018 AccuDoc Solutions, Inc. In 2019, hacking accounted for 49% of all reported breaches.

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Patients have ambitious health goals, and look to doctors for help

Health Populi

Sleep, too, or lack thereof, is top-of-mind for so many consumers: there was a growing category of sleep-assisting digital health tools featured at the 2018 CES, which I covered here in the Huffington Post. One-third of people cite mental health as a goal, closely followed by improving finances.