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When Bias Turns Deadly: How Medical Bias Killed My 5-Year-Old Daughter

Scrubs

These words have echoed through my mind daily since her passing on January 14th, 2023. This is why we must stand up and start advocating for increased diversity in medicine. medical system with access to quality healthcare and insurance, yet Vivian went undiagnosed by doctors. I am a doctor in the U.S.

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Mental Health’s Unfinished Digital Revolution

The Healthcare Blog

Following the surge, investment plummeted. What were left with entering into 2025 are a smorgasbord of solutions clamoring to attach themselves to traditional enterprise incumbents (Health Insurance Providers, Electronic Health Records, Hospital Systems). Those regions are ripe for follow-on expansion and digital scale.

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Beyond Stigma: Why Addressing Maternal Mental Health Means Confronting Systemic Failures

The Healthcare Blog

One morning, you wake up to a missed call and a voicemail from your PR leader. You follow up and learn that this wasnt just any employee. At 5:30am the next morning, her husband woke up and found that she was not in the bed. Later that same day you set up an emergent meeting to debrief the situation with your leaders.

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The Infomercial Comes to The Wall Street Journal

Sensible Medicine

On April 26, 2023, Bobby Jindal and Chirag Parghi declared, on the opinion pages of the WSJ, that “ Mammograms Can Promote Heart Health.” Insurers will be forced to raise rates to cover this new charge. This finding suggests an increased risk of coronary artery disease; clinical follow up recommended.”

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BakerHostetler Report Identifies Healthcare Data Breach and Litigation Trends

The HIPAA Journal

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).

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Ransomware Attack Severity Increased 68% in H1, 2024

The HIPAA Journal

The use of ransomware in cyberattacks decreased slightly in the first half of the year; however, the severity of ransomware attacks increased according to the 2024 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-Year Update from cyber insurance and security service provider Coalition. Other incidents accounted for 23% of claims, down 10% from H2, 2023.

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The State of Healthcare in America, State-By-State

Health Populi

If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators. This bar chart illustrates that U.S.

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