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Lake Washington Vascular Ransomware Attack Affects 21,500 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Lake Washington Vascular was unable to determine exactly what information was viewed or extracted from its systems and said the information likely compromised included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnostic test results, medical histories, diagnosis and treatment information, payer identification numbers, and government-issued identifiers.

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Transparency in Healthcare: How Consumers Are Taking Control of Their Medical Information

Scrubs

Under HIPAA’s privacy rule, all patients have the right to inspect, review, and receive a copy of their medical records and billing records that are held by health plans and health care providers. Claims records are not the same as clinical records, and they typically don’t include test results and diagnostic information.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics.

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Why Good communication Matters in Healthcare

Practice Builders

What happens when specialists communicate effectively: Diagnostic accuracy increases (e.g., However, such platforms must be HIPAA compliant. It is necessary for healthcare organizations to use HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) communication tools to ensure the secure sharing of patient data.

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Patient Data Compromised in Palomar Health Medical Group Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

DaVita said it has removed all third-party tracking technologies that are not part of a HIPAA-compliant service and has implemented new policies and procedures and provided additional training to members of its workforce to prevent similar privacy breaches in the future.

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19Labs & WellCheck Partnership Enhances GALE | Schools Package with Streamlined Consent Forms

19 Labs

During the COVID-19 pandemic, WellCheck pivoted to utilize its cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant platform for wellness screenings. HIPAA-Compliant Communication: Mass communication platform for secure text and email notifications.

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