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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.

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Verizon 2024 DBIR: 70% of Healthcare Data Breaches Caused by Insiders

The HIPAA Journal

On May 1, 2024, the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) was released, which this year involved an analysis of a record number of security incidents (30,458), and more than double the number of confirmed data breaches as last year (10,626). Top causes of non-erro, non-misuse data breaches.

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What’s new across Practice Index – June 2024 roundup

Practice Index

The post What’s new across Practice Index – June 2024 roundup appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Further updates can be found here. If you’d like to know more about Practice Index PLUS and any products in the HUB , you can book a demo here.

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March 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in March 2024 18 data breaches were reported in March that involved the protected health information of 10,000 or more individuals, all of which were hacking incidents. The post March 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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On This July 4th 2024, Let’s Remember the Doctors Who Have Helped Patients Declare Their Independence – Wisdom from Michael Millenson

Health Populi

A revolution is a transfer of power. The post On This July 4th 2024, Let’s Remember the Doctors Who Have Helped Patients Declare Their Independence – Wisdom from Michael Millenson appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. “’A reform,’ wrote a 19 th -century British parliamentarian, ‘is a correction of abuses.

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Primary care news round-up (10th October to 16th October 2024)

Practice Index

Patients have been given no choice as to what practice they would like to be allocated to, and there are many outstanding issues in terms of transferring medical records across different practices and IT systems in a very short timeframe.” Emergency departments experienced their busiest ever September, receiving 530,824 emergency admissions.

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime - Thursday October 10, 2024, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The next scheduled update will occur Thursday, October 10, 2024 between 00:30 and 04:30. What you need to know The Connect Care clinical information system needs periodic maintenance. Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports.