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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

Widespread international health emergencies, and particularly pandemics, can lead to a major imbalance of negotiating power between manufacturers and governments. Governments may face difficult policy decisions in their attempts to expeditiously control the spread of disease. Government, the U.S.

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California and North Dakota Hospitals Report Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

The hospital clarified the data that was involved, verified contact information, and notification letters have now been sent to the affected individuals. Fernald Developmental Center campus in Waltham, MA, which was sold to the city of Waltham in 2014.

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Appeals Court Rules Against Nursing Home: Bankruptcy Cannot Affect Prevent Cancellation of Medicare or Medicaid Contacts

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations. Indest III, J.D.,

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HC3 Warns Healthcare Sector About Growing Threat from Emotet Malware

HIPAA Journal

Emotet was first detected in 2014 and was initially a banking Trojan; however, the malware has been updated over the years and has had new features added. Emotet is capable of self-propagation, hijacks email threats, and inserts a copy of itself into the messages which are sent to contacts.

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Interview: Ty Allen, Founder & CEO, SocialClimb

HIPAA Journal

In 2014 I was involved in an accident that fractured my neck and injured my spinal cord. He wanted to work with patients who needed a certain surgical intervention and ideally had non-government health insurance. Tell the readers about any significant event in your career.

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FDA Publishes New Guidance on Cybersecurity in Medical Devices

McGuire Wood

This guidance outlines the FDA’s recommendations on improving the cybersecurity safety and effectiveness of medical devices in the premarket phase, replacing its 2014 “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices” guidance.

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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. This last chart from a 2014 PwC/Strategy& report on the birth of the healthcare consumer is data I often turned to as U.S.

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