Scrubs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Ryan McVay | Thinkstock Some TV shows would have you believe that a nurse’s sole function is to be a hospital handmaiden. We navigate the HIPAA laws…or try to, even through the angry phone calls. But nursing is so much more than dispensing meds and cleaning up Code Browns. So what’s it really  like being a nurse?

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

MGMA explained that under HIPAA, covered entities must report cybersecurity incidents to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights within 60 days for HIPAA compliance. One concern from their members is the reporting requirements under HIPAA, which require security breaches to be reported to OCR within 60 days of the discovery of a data breach.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The post Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

has confirmed that patient data has been compromised in a cyberattack, and the Monti ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Wayne Memorial Hospital. The hospital has yet to announce any cyberattack or data breach.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 4, 2025

For decades, hospitals and health systems have strategically controlled public messaging, often using nurses for promotional materials but rarely empowering them as autonomous voices. The hospital structure discourages independent thought and limits the ability of frontline professionals to discuss issues that affect public health.

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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. The post Email Accounts Compromised at UW Health and Medical Home Network appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. Recent cyber incidents affecting hospitals and health systems have led to widespread care disruptions with patients being diverted to other facilities.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Health Services in Oregon has announced that a physician who worked at its Lebanon Community Hospital may have accessed the protected health information of patients without authorization. An investigation was launched in November 2023, when unauthorized access was suspected.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Guardant Health Discovers Online Exposure of Patient Data Guardant Health, a medical laboratory in Redwood City, CA, that performs cancer screening tests on samples provided by physicians and hospitals, has recently notified patients of some of its clients that their protected health information has been exposed online.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Finally, doctors are trusted data stewards for patients — something we’ve appreciated since the advent of HIPAA. ” Consumers know “what good looks like” when it comes to their experiences with technology, with retail channels, with apps and service experiences whether at airports or banks or hospitals.

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

It offers HIPAA-compliant messaging, free digital faxing, and telehealth capabilities. ” – App Store Review Popular Alternatives: TigerConnect (secure hospital team messaging), OhMD (HIPAA-compliant patient texting). Only use HIPAA-compliant apps for messaging and documentation. Choose evidence-based apps.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 24, 2024

The industries most commonly targeted by threat actors were financial services (17%), business and professional services (13%), high technology (12%), retail and hospitality (9%), and healthcare (8%), with attacks increasingly targeting cloud environments, as more organizations transition to the cloud.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The NIH crafted one for patients enrolled in clinical trials, the American Hospital Association served one up in 1973, and many individual health providers like the University of Pennsylvania Hospital ( aka Penn Medicine) have developed patient bills of rights for consumers entering their hospital systems.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

billion has been provided to safety net hospitals and federally qualified health centers that serve high-risk patients and communities. The Washington State Hospital Association ( WSHA ) has also been contacted by its members who have expressed concern about the notification requirements after reading OCR’s letter. 40% of the $3.3

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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.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

This translates to consumers’ growing expectations of the healthcare industry…including hospitals. Hospitals are falling short of consumers’ experience-expectations, Kaufman Hall explained in their 2017 State of Consumerism in Healthcare Report with the apt sub-title, “Slow Progress in Fast Times.”.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As health care grows more omnichannel and distributed, cybersecurity will become more challenging at the point-of-care and a big risk for health care providers under current HIPAA regulations.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

Developing Alexa-skills that are HIPAA-compliant to bolster users’ personal health information privacy collaborating with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, Express Scripts, Livongo Health, and Providence St. Joseph Health. In many countries, personal healthcare data are subject to strict regulation.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well. HIPAA regulations: Ensure patient privacy is protected throughout the documentation process.

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CollaborateMD

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

According to KPMG , The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) projects that total hospital provider spending will increase by 50% between 2022-2030. Inflation : Growing inflation forces healthcare leaders to make tough decisions about their supply chain costs.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Parkland Health Investigating Cyberattack and Data Breach Parkland Health, the community public health system for Dallas County in Texas which includes Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, has experienced a cyberattack involving unauthorized access to the protected health information of 6,523 patients.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Key Applications of AI in Healthcare Here are some of the most important ways in which AI is already impacting hospitals and clinics: Diagnosing Medical Images – AI analyzes medical images effectively, which can improve diagnostic accuracy. The biggest concern may be data privacy and security.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals. Just last month, Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant privacy bundled into Alexa skills with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, ExpressScripts, Livongo, and Swedish Health Connect.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding the Challenges in Claims Processing Errors in medical claims processing have traditionally posed significant challenges for hospitals, insurers, and patients alike. Automated systems ensure compliance by following industry standards and HIPAA regulations throughout the claims process.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The report calls out one big barrier to early adoption especially among hospitals and physicians: concerns about privacy and HIPAA compliance. The use cases for health care must wrestle with HIPAA and other privacy laws that may be relevant for a particular medical situation or patient population.

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Scrubs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the bustling corridors of a hospital or a private clinic, healthcare professionals often face a daunting avalanche of paperwork. Easy to set up and operate, they come equipped with features like automatic document feeders, optical character recognition (OCR) and secure, HIPAA-compliant cloud storage options.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the Pew survey, 3 in 4 consumers re comfortable sharing their personal health information with apps pre-approved by doctors and hospitals, consistent with the general trust of health care providers as trusted data stewards. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Rock Health has gauged consumes’ digital health adoption fo a few years, showing year-on-year growth for “Googling” health information, seeking peer patients’ physician and hospital reviews, tracking activity, donning wearable tech, and engaging in live telehealth consultations with providers, as the first chart shows.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2025

Cyberattacks have recently been announced by Community Care Alliance in Rhode Island, Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics, and Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Washington. The hospital made its first announcement on February 28, 2025, when it was discovered that an unknown attacker had infiltrated its electronic systems.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

Here’s what we-know-we know about health care, privacy, and security: briefly, • HIPAA covers patients’ PHI that is held by covered entities and shared with contracted business associates. billion active monthly accounts. Cyber-breaches are a new-normal in health care.

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Arkenea

OCTOBER 16, 2024

percent of the hospitals on the honor roll or the top hospital lists were WCAG 2.1 About 80 percent of the hospitals were semi-compliant, and 16.7 Healthcare website accessibility tools and best practices help hospitals to up their accessibility game and design a compliant site for users. Did you know that only 4.9

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The most trusted source of health information continues to be “my” physician, followed by “any” physician, then friends and family, and hospital-health plan-and pharmacy websites. Can Google grow health-trust as they, too, expand their desired footprint in health care?

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

EMTALA requires hospitals to provide emergency care to anyone seeking treatment, regardless of their ability to pay. The on-call psychiatrist recommended inpatient treatment, and the patient was given Celexa around 24 hours later and left the hospital 90 minutes later AMA before any stabilizing treatment could be provided.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In the Pew survey, 3 in 4 consumers re comfortable sharing their personal health information with apps pre-approved by doctors and hospitals, consistent with the general trust of health care providers as trusted data stewards. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Consumers’ most trusted stewards of health care trust are health care professionals — hospitals doctors, pharmacies/pharmacists, and labs. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300. And, there are over 500 mentions of the word, “security.”

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. and Seeing is Believing – Inside the World’s Biggest Hospital), among other themes. The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week.

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