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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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Health Happens at Home: Lessons from the Parks Connected Health Summit

Health Populi

Typically, home healthcare has covered (definitionally and in terms of reimbursement) services addressing activities of daily living, durable medical equipment, and hospice. Enter the second chart, which expands what we traditionally have called “home healthcare” into new areas for care at home.

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The Road to Becoming an FNP

Minority Nurse

While there are many available NP career choices, the family nurse practitioner (FNP) is a trendy option among nurses seeking to become primary care providers with the authority to diagnose illnesses, order diagnostic tests, prescribe medications, and manage the care of patients across the lifespan.

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Medical Assistant vs. CNA: What’s the Difference?

Prism Career Institute

These settings include nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, hospices, and even in-home health care. CNAs most often work in hospitals, but they also can work in other settings where patients receive long-term care or need assistance with daily living activities.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

1,500,000 Settlement 2012 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee $1,500,000 Settlement 2012 Phoenix Cardiac Surgery $100,000 Settlement 2012 The Hospice of Northern Idaho $50,000 Settlement 2011 Cignet Health of Prince George’s County $4,300,000 Civil Monetary Penalty 2011 General Hospital Corp. & million 2020 California Anthem Inc.

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Friday Reflection 31: 30 Years and Counting

Sensible Medicine

As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. Occasionally, these visits are more difficult and frustrating than sad.

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Friday Reflection 31: Senses, Memories, and Medicine

Sensible Medicine

Medical training introduced me to a whole menu of smells -- both diagnostic tools and reminders of times in my career. [i] It was in room 23 that she first raised the possibility of hospice. i] This is one of my favorite slides about the diagnostic smells. [ii] Doctors in training learn to use their senses to make diagnoses.