Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
However, further investigation revealed that email accounts for two of its employees, hacked into on November 5, 2021, did contain St. Luke's patient information – including personally identifiable information, medical record numbers, treatment and diagnosis codes and more. Hacks by the numbers.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The federal government has been haranguing vendors and clinicians to make interoperable systems since the HITECH act was passed in 2009. In 2021, the Patient Access API, which allows patients to download their data through their preferred third-party app, became available to healthcare beneficiaries.
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HIPAA Journal
MARCH 16, 2022
This is the first settlement to be reached under the DOJ Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative, which was launched in 2021. CHS staff scanned medical records for the EMR system but saved scanned copies of some of the records on an internal network drive, which could be accessed by non-clinical staff, including Iraqi nationals employed at the site.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "Patients are not dependent on their clinics or health systems if they offer virtual care.
HIPAA Journal
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The New York Post reports that the cyberattack has prevented hospital staff from accessing the electronic medical record system, so patient information has been recorded using pen and paper while the hospitals operate under emergency procedures.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 6, 2023
Cedar Park, TX-based Dental Health Management Solutions (DHMS), a provider of dental services to the government/military and private patients has recently announced – via its legal counsel – that the protected health information of certain patients was exposed in a 2021 hacking incident.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 23, 2020
Wolf also pointed out that the recent bloom in telehealth is rooted, in part, in the government's electronic health record incentive program and meaningful use. She also pointed out that many state governments have also been in limbo waiting for the federal government to take action. " she said.
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