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Hospitals strive for relative normalcy; breach exposes patient data

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California Consumer Privacy Act can cause headaches for healthcare orgs

Healthcare It News

"But especially for smaller healthcare organizations, it can be challenging to understand the law’s jurisdiction and develop technology infrastructure that’s sophisticated enough to protect against data breaches," said Sharman, who co-authored the study. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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RTLS & AI: Solving the Riddle of Healthcare Inefficiency

Healthcare IT Today

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Top Security Certifications Required for Data Protection

HIT Consultant

Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX    How secure is your data? If your organization does not have the right security certifications in place, it’s not a matter of if a data breach will occur – but when. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million per data breach.

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IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 Comes to Shocking Conclusion

Compliancy Group

Each year IBM works with Ponemon Institute to research breaches across several sectors of the economy. For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022, the average cost of a healthcare data breach has skyrocketed to $10.1

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Cybersecurity Best Practices: HIPAA Data Loss Prevention

Compliancy Group

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends ten practices that anyone handling PHI needs to implement, the fourth of which is HIPAA data loss prevention. What is HIPAA Data Loss Prevention? . One of these safeguards calls for organizations to back up their data, to enable access to patient data in case a breach occurs.

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Associates in Dermatology Patients Affected by Business Associate Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions provides electronic medical record management services to healthcare providers and Associates in Dermatology used its TouchChart software to host patient data. Most of those files did not contain patient data, but VPN Solutions said some of the files could be linked to patient names.