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EMPI/MPI: An End-to-End Approach to Patient Data Integrity

HIT Consultant

Coupled with duplicate rates that suggest as many as 20% of all records are incomplete (up to 40% of demographic data was missing from commercial laboratory test feeds for COVID-19), the problem balloons from what on the surface appears to be relatively innocuous into something much more severe.

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A Deep Dive into 2023 HIPAA Violation Fines

Compliancy Group

Joseph’s Medical Center During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Joseph’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DMS was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the ePHI of approximately 200,000 individuals. ransomware. The Associated Press published this PHI in an article discussing St.

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M