AWS launches Amazon Transcribe Medical
The new HIPAA-compliant tool will be able to capture physician dictation or doctor-patient conversations. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - December 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
UK ’s NHS Will Use Amazon Alexa to Deliver Official Health Advice to Patients in the United Kingdom
Since Alexa is now programed to be compliant with HIPAA privacy rules, it’s likely similar voice assistance technologies will soon become available in US healthcare as well Shortages of physicians and other types of caregivers—including histopathologists and pathology laboratory workers—in the United Kingdom (UK) has the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) seeking alternate ways to […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - December 2, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Management & Operations AI Alexa Alexa Skills Kit Source Type: news
Patients still facing big obstacles getting their own health data
Despite HIPAA ' s right of access rule, and CMS and ONC prioritizing consumer access in their forthcoming 21st Century Cures regs, a new scorecard shows that providers have work to do. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 14, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Ascension's health-data partnership with Google sparks federal inquiry
News of St. Louis-based Ascension Health's partnership with Google, in which it is sharing health data for millions of patients, has sparked a federal inquiry.
The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services "will seek to learn more information about this mass collection of individuals' medical records to ensure that HIPAA protections were fully implemented," the office's director, Roger Severino, told the Wall Street Journal T uesday.
The Wall Street Journal reported… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 13, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jacob Kirn Source Type: news
Ascension's health-data partnership with Google sparks federal inquiry
News of St. Louis-based Ascension Health's partnership with Google, in which it is sharing health data for millions of patients, has sparked a federal inquiry.
The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services "will seek to learn more information about this mass collection of individuals' medical records to ensure that HIPAA protections were fully implemented," the office's director, Roger Severino, told the Wall Street Journal T uesday.
The Wall Street Journal reported… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 13, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jacob Kirn Source Type: news
Could a New Software Solution Help Medtech Address Connected Health Needs?
It's no secret that consumers expect their healthcare solutions to be convenient, personalized, accessible, and interoperable. But if a recent survey is any indication, the industry is falling short of delivering on those expectations.
Salesforce, a cloud-based software company based in San Francisco, CA, found that only 40% of consumers say the communications they receive from the healthcare and life sciences industries feel relevant to them. Even more disturbing, nearly half (47%) say the healthcare industry is more focused on its own needs than those of patients, according to the company's Connected Healthcare Consumer ...
Source: MDDI - November 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news
Wellsville hospital parent agrees to $3M settlement with feds for security breaches
The parent of Jones Memorial Hospital will pay a $3 million settlement to the federal government following security breaches in 2015 and 2017.
The University of Rochester Medical Center agreed to the settlement with the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to take corrective actions to settle potential privacy and security rule violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabi lity Act (HIPAA).
URMC, one of the state's largest health… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 6, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
Missouri ’s State Health Department Kept Spreadsheet Tracking Menstrual Periods of Planned Parenthood Patients
Missouri’s top health official testified Tuesday that the state health department kept a spreadsheet tracking the menstrual periods of women who visited Planned Parenthood in St. Louis — a revelation that has drawn scrutiny and raised questions about whether it was a violation of patient privacy.
The spreadsheet — which Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams said was created to identify patients who had undergone failed abortions — included patients’ medical identification numbers, dates of medical procedures, gestational ages of fetuses, and the date o...
Source: TIME: Health - October 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized abortion Missouri onetime Source Type: news
HHS: Administrative Simplification: Rescinding the Adoption of the Standard Unique Health Plan Identifier and Other Entity Identifier
Final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind the unique health plan identifier (HPID) and other entity identifier (OEID) specifications and use requirements as part of HIPAA requirements included in the Affordable Care Act. Also removes the definitions for the "Controlling health plan" (CHP) and "Subhealth plan" (SHP). The rule will be effective on December 27, 2019. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 28, 2019 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Jackson Health System fined $2M for violations of HIPA law
Federal regulators issued a $2.15 million civili penalty against Jackson Health System for alleged violations of patient privacy laws.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said JHS, the public health system for Miami-Dade County, violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) multiple times between 2013 and 2016.
The OCR said Jackson failed to provide ti mely and accurate information about breaches of patient data, conduct… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 23, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: news
Jackson Health System fined $2M for violations of HIPAA law
Federal regulators issued a $2.15 million civili penalty against Jackson Health System for alleged violations of patient privacy laws.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said JHS, the public health system for Miami-Dade County, violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) multiple times between 2013 and 2016.
The OCR said Jackson failed to provide ti mely and accurate information about breaches of patient data, conduct… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 23, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: news
Jackson Health System fined $2M for violations of HIPAA law
Federal regulators issued a $2.15 million civili penalty against Jackson Health System for alleged violations of patient privacy laws.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said JHS, the public health system for Miami-Dade County, violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) multiple times between 2013 and 2016.
The OCR said Jackson failed to provide ti mely and accurate information about breaches of patient data, conduct… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 23, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: news
Former Roswell Park Nurse Charged with Stealing Pain Meds and Violating HIPAA
Kelsey A. Mulvey, Grand Island NY, fraud, tampering, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, hydromorphone, Dilaudid, methadone, oxycodone, lorazepam, Pyxis, water, waterborne infections, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 7, 2019 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
HHS Announces Culpability Limits for HIPAA Violations, Drops Annual Fines Owed by Providers
Clinical laboratories need to understand how their patients’ protected health information is being used and secured by vendors to avert data breaches and HHS penalties Most readers of The Dark Report, the sister publication to the Dark Daily, are aware that more than 24-million clinical laboratory patients had their protected health information (PHI) stolen during […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - September 16, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology anatomic pathology civil money penalty clinical laboratory CMP cybersecurity Dark Daily dark intelligence group Dark Report Source Type: news
DDS Rescue Response to recent Ransomeware Attacks on Dental Offices.
Dear DDS Rescue Customer,As many of you might have heard, on Monday, August 26, a Ransomware attack was pushed out to hundreds of dental offices associated with PercSoft, The Digital Dental Record, and DDS Safe.To be clear, DDS Rescue is not associated with any of these companies and has not been attacked by Ransomware.All of our customers are protected and all data is secure. As your cybersecurity professionals, we do everything we can to maintain your data protection on a daily basis.Since this attack occurred, we have had a number of offices contact us with questions and we encourage our customers to continue to ask us ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 9, 2019 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
