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Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), the facility that treated George Floyd, fired 13 employees for unauthorized access to patient medical records. More details are discussed [...]
College students’ return to campus in the fall of 2020 has been a popular news item. At a number of schools, students have been disciplined, and in [...]
It was recently discovered that advancements in search engine capability may pose a risk to PHI security. Researchers from American College of Radiology (ACR), Radiological Society of [...]
Would you sell PHI as a healthcare worker? A new study reveals that many students soon to enter the workforce as a healthcare worker would. The results of the [...]
On August 17, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) of South Dakota sent out breach notifications to patients exposed by a June 19 data breach. The patient data [...]
Recently, to provide HIPAA covered entities and business associates with assistance in completing their risk assessments, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance. The OCR guidance [...]
Novartis, a pharmaceutical company, agreed to a $678 million healthcare settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Novartis was accused of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and [...]
Northern Light Health Foundation is the latest victim of the ransomware attack on Blackbaud Inc. Blackbaud was targeted by hackers, as they are one of the largest administration fundraising [...]
Recently, the improper use of GitHub led to a large-scale HIPAA security breach, leaving the protected health information (PHI) of 150,000 - 200,000 patients available through publicly [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients to their online breach portal. The “wall of shame” [...]
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