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St. Luke's Health reports data breach

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The outlet was also told by one nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, that some of St. Cyberattacks are happening almost every day, which has led to the federal government mandating Zero Trust architecture across agencies. KHOU Houston local news reported on October 5 that some patient appointments were being rescheduled.

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Interoperability: How Hospitals Share Healthcare Data Can Cost Lives, We Can All Do Better

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As recently as 2023, between 30 and 47 percent of hospitals across all sizes reported still using fax or mail to send and receive patient records, according to the Government Accountability Office. This drove the use of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) in acute care hospitals to 84 percent by 2015.

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Dental Health Management Solutions Notified Patients About Historic Data Breach

HIPAA Journal

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.

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Why a FHIR-Only Approach to Advance Interoperability Won’t Work Today

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These include some facilities, like home health, assisted living, most birthing centers, substance use disorder clinics, skilled nursing facilities, and more. Their expertise lies in digital health, HIT advisory, strategic partnerships, and payer and government relations.

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Specialty Pharma’s Next Big Opportunity: It’s Time for Patient Access to Adopt an Open Protocol

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a power Visa and ultimately the government could not deny. When a consumer transfers funds electronically from one financial platform to another, or makes a deposit, or applies for a mortgage, there’s a decent chance Plaid is involved. Plaid derives its power because of, not in spite of, its invisibility ?

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Azura Vascular Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 348,000 Patients

HIPAA Journal

Covenant Care California Assessing Scope of Cyberattack Covenant Care California, LLC, which operates skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies throughout California and Nevada, has confirmed there has been unauthorized access to files containing the personal and protected health information of patients and other individuals.

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When Automation Meets Empathy: Intelligent Virtual Assistants for Healthcare

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They support rich question-answering to open-ended, natural language questions and, in healthcare, enable personalized interactions informed by patient information from systems of record, such as electronic medical records. Appointments Scheduling.