The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The medical device manufacturer Livanova, the Massachusetts community behavioral health center Aspire Health Alliance, and Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in California have experienced ransomware attacks that exposed patient data. million in Q4, 2023, as a result of the attack.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Kisco Senior Living experienced its attack in June 2023, and Island Ambulatory Surgery Center suffered an attack in July. According to the notification letters mailed to the affected individuals in April 2024, a cyberattack was detected on June 6, 2023, when its network was disrupted.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Consumers’ wellness life-flows and demands in 2023 will go well beyond exercise resolutions, eating more greens, and intermittent fasting as a foodstyle. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer found that scientists are the most-trusted institutional leader this year, ranked above all other leader types.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Oxygen therapy, or the administration of medical oxygen, has increasingly been used to treat various medical conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Medication 103

Accepted Blog

MARCH 30, 2024

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Application Essay Tips [2023-2024] The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine places special emphasis on the relationships formed during medical school between classmates and faculty. Students join one of four colleges on campus to participate in small group learning activities.

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

If this trend holds, pickleball-related injuries are expected to cost the country somewhere between $250 million and $500 million this year alone, representing 5% to 10% of total unexpected medical costs. The authors of the report estimate that there will be 66,750 ER visits and 366,186 outpatient visits from pickleball in 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

Email accounts have been compromised at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the Medical Home Network in Illinois. 20, 2023, and Dec. Suspicious activity was identified in MHN’s email environment on or around October 11, 2023.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) Board of Trustees, other AAMA volunteer leaders, and AAMA staff salute all medical assistants on this 2023 Medical Assistants Recognition Day—October 18, 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Several class action lawsuits have been filed against City of Hope National Medical Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer treatment and research center, over a recently disclosed data breach that exposed the protected health information of more than 827,000 individuals.

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KevinMD.com

APRIL 16, 2024

A recent New York Times opinion piece detailed a lack of available pain medications. While the DEA claims that it is not purposefully restricting legitimate medication availability, even the names of its own operations belie this statement.

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Medication 111

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

So here, in honor of the start of spring training, when pitchers and catchers report for duty, a Friday Reflection that I first posted on Feb 17, 2023. I’m embarrassed to think how deep I was into my medical career when the time I’d spent in the hospital surpassed the time I’d spent on ball fields.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 30, 2024

Every patient’s journey through the healthcare system is different, but patients on specialty medications need extra support with navigating both […] The article Year in Review: Five Trends that Impacted Patient Services in 2023 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Businesses which have witnessed a rise in brand value…have all transcended their established category norms and play a more significant and meaningful role in society and consumers’ lives,” we learn in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2023 report, subtitled, “How Iconic Brands Lead Across Arenas.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 19, 2025

The compromised email account was reviewed and found to contain patients full names, addresses, dates of birth, medical and treatment information, dates of service, provider and facility names, procedure codes, billing and claims information, patient account identifiers, and payor information.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Doctors’ use of and demand for augmented intelligence in medical practice is on the rise — with many factors that could bolster or risk adoption on the journey toward AI in the doctor’s office, based on the latest survey from the American Medical Association (AMA) published this week. The AMA polled U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Enter the era of medical distancing, a cousin to the physical distancing health citizens collectively experienced — that is, staying physically away from brick-and-mortar medical encounters. Remember that Telehealth Is Health this Telehealth Awareness Week for 2023… and ongoing.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 18, 2024

Whereas he previously thought that early medical intervention had little benefit, Dr Mandrola now argues that “younger lower-risk patients may have the most to gain from primary prevention,” and uses statin drugs that lower cholesterol, as an example of why his thinking has changed.

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Medication 364

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 24, 2024

These lessons are key to understanding medical evidence. Subscribe now Background RECOVER IV was to study a medical device called a micro-axial flow pump. Between 2009-2023, many thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of patients, had Impella devices implanted. FDA still approved the device. But not enough.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 31, 2024

The process of applying to medical school is already stressful. And since selection committees are looking for evidence that you are ready for medical school, applying with a low science GPA can make the process even more nerve-wracking. In fact, in a 2023 study of 128 U.S. Consider applying to osteopathic (DO) medical schools.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In June 2023 , the same was recommended to adults. Medical illness, other psychiatric illness, and life circumstances can lead to positive results on the PHQ-9. The FDA recently approved escitalopram for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder based on an 8-week trial that found the medication increased suicidal ideation 6.5-fold

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Scrubs

MARCH 6, 2023

The cops could see that the woman was in distress and told her she might be having a medical emergency. On February 19, 2023, Ms. They escorted her to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor before undergoing surgery to have the mass removed.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This requirement encompasses allied health professions such as medical assisting. The United States Department of Education (USDE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would impose new requirements on academic programs that “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation,” which became final Oct.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Welcome to Kaufman Hall’s eighth annual study culminating in the 2023 State of the Healthcare Consumer Report. That led Kaufman Hall to conclude the 2023 report with 5 benefits of a consumer-centric, relationship-driven model — the fifth of which is, “Improved ability to compete with potential disrupters.”

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 17, 2025

For example, nearly two-thirds of chief information security officers report that their budgets have risen from 6% in 2023 to 8% in 2024. Moody reports spending by providers on security management will also continue to rise, with cyber spending as a percentage of total technology budgets climbing to an estimated 7% in 2023 from 5% in 2019.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 22, 2024

Medical coding consists of transforming healthcare diagnoses, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal alphanumeric codes. According to Grand View Research , the medical coding market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.85% from 2023 to 2030.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

pic.twitter.com/4R7vsAH2y7 — Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) February 12, 2023 The nurses can be seen sprinting to the NICU as soon as the earthquake hit. Some 72 metric tons of emergency medical supplies have been delivered to both countries over the last week, according to the World Health Organization.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

There was no letup in cyberattacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, which set two new records – The most reported data breaches and the most breached records. In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to OCR and across those breaches, more than 133 million records were exposed or impermissibly disclosed. In 2023, 79.7%

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Scrubs

MAY 9, 2023

Dozens of nurses receive this prestigious award every year, so we decided to highlight some of our favorite stories from 2023 for Nurses’ Week. Grayson Moss – ICU Nurse, Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center “It’s something I really always wanted to do,” Moss said about going into the medical field. That genuine laugh.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Every year when American Thanksgiving weekend comes along, you’ll find folks involved in digital imaging flocking to chilly Chicago to convene at McCormick Place for the 2023 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America — RSNA for short.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

On October 9, 2023, Azura Vascular Care identified suspicious network activity, with the forensic investigation confirming that hackers had access to its network between September 27, 2023, and October 9, 2023, during which time they potentially stole the protected health information of patients.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The CTA report delves into many consumer-facing tech categories: I will focus on my wheelhouse here for health-medical technology. CTA assessed U.S. CTA assessed U.S.

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Scrubs

MAY 6, 2023

Their responsibilities include creating individualized care plans for students with medical needs. The school district reported 7,236 clinical visits during the 2022-2023 school year. ” The district administered medication 7,480 times during that time. That’s nearly twice the number of students enrolled.

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EvidenceCare

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix. For Star Ratings specifically, CMS spent $12.8

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Health Prime

JUNE 6, 2024

As we enter Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2024 , it’s imperative to underscore the importance of effective medical billing practices in providing quality care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. In 2023, Alzheimer’s and other dementias cost the nation $345 billion.

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