Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Lessons Learned From a Health System’s Internal Data Breach. An Alabama health system recently fired an employee who accessed 2,500 patient records without authorization.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

By Carole C. Schriefer, J.D. On October 1, 2021, a former dental office manager was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. Mahsa Azimirad, was the office manager for Universal Smiles, a D.C.-based dental practice, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. She was indicted in [.

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 28, 2023

By Art Gross - In today’s digital world, it has become increasingly important to protect healthcare organizations from cyber threats. With the rise of medical data breaches and ransomware attacks, there has never been a more pressing need for healthcare organizations to take their cybersecurity measures seriously. The post Cybersecurity is Vital for Healthcare Organizations appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 29, 2021, a pediatrician and medical student sued the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU) for denying COVID vaccine religious exemptions. The U.S. District Court lawsuit argued that school administrators judge the validity of personal [.

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Hedi Viterbo (Queen Mary University of London), Just for Kids? How the Youth Decarceration Discourse Endorses Adult Incarceration, Criminology & Crim. Just. (Forthcoming): This article lays bare three interrelated and previously overlooked pitfalls of calls to reduce or abolish youth.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law As some states lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community is still grappling with the dynamic between the COVID-19 vaccine and workplace operations. To address this, some U.S. employers have elected to adopt mandatory vaccination policies. These policies, [.

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Donal Nolan (University of Oxford), James Plunkett (Independent), Keeping Negligence Simple, L.Q. Rev. pp. 175-181 (2022): In this case note, we consider the UK Supreme Court decision in Meadows v Khan [2021] UKSC 21, [2022] AC 852, which concerned the.

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