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Medical Records from Prospect Ransomware Attack Appear on Dark Web

HIPAA Journal

The notice was accompanied by several snapshots of the stolen data – some of which has been independently verified as genuine by comparing the snapshots to publicly available records – and a price tag of 50 Bitcoin ($1,298,340).

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Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health

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Digital health leaders are facing a new challenge today as the days of hand-waving about the strategic nature of digital investments have given way to a preference for cold-blooded execution. Region Tag: Global Edition. We are at the very beginning stages of the transformation. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Because of the nature of the virus causing a big increase in ventilated patients, you need a certain number of drugs in order to intubate those patients," Krass said. "If you can tag a nail clipper with RFID technology," as many big-box stores do, "you can do it for medication," he said.

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Healthcare Organizations Warned of Risk of Cyberattacks via SEO Poisoning

HIPAA Journal

Blackhat SEO tactics are used such as using high numbers of keywords in the page content and meta tags (keyword stuffing), private link networks to increase backlinks to the webpage, and artificially increasing click-through rates to trick search engine algorithms.

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nurses are naturally well-positioned to assess how patients have coped with this rapid change to digital, and the outlook is positive, as “the majority of patients have adapted quickly and appreciate this move to digital,” said Gregory. Patients embrace the digital shift. " Listen to the full webinar here.

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HIPAA Enforcement is Changing. Providers Must Too.

HIT Consultant

As a result, HIPAA enforcement actions have long been viewed as a force of nature akin to lightning strikes: extremely lethal to most businesses, but just as extremely rare. The fines they are a-changin’ Historically, HIPAA regulators have most often levied fines in the seven-figure range—but levied them relatively sparingly.

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Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the past, health leaders have naturally been risk-averse and have, of necessity, created systems that established a wide array of administrative roadblocks to change. Region Tag: Global Edition. ' and more. David Chou Since the arrival of the pandemic, healthcare organizations have faced a cultural shift.

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