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Re: The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare
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Re: How dentists should comply with HIPAA
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Re: What HIPAA does and how the healthcare industry has been complying
What's really comical is while MFP vendors are touting the great features of their HIPAA complaint systems, walk through a typical sales office and I guarantee you'll be able to find a lease with a personal guarantee and a person's SS# left out somewhere on a desk.
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DAS Health Announces Milestone 10th Acquisition With Purchase of Altex Business Solutions
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAMPA, Fla. – DAS Health, an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed the acquisition of Houston, TX based digital health company, Altex Business Solutions. This marks the fourth acquisition by DAS Health within just the past four months, and their 10th overall. DAS Health now actively serves well over 1,000 clients located across 47 states, with offices in Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and Aurora, IL. The recent...
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Re: Are you ready for new HIPAA Audits?
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The Immense Challenges of IT Management in Health Care
The health care sector has been under constant pressure to shore up its cybersecurity defenses in the past few years, as data breaches continue to plague the sector in the United States and abroad. At the same time, though, legislation has actively pushed medical firms to more aggressively adopt and deploy modern technologies and solutions, which has made management a very difficult prospect for many leaders in the field. In spite of the constant stream of news stories regarding major data...
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Healthcare IT Security Onus Remains on Access Control
As major trends in corporate computing such as the Internet of Things, enterprise mobility, big data and telecommuting continue to intensify, security professionals have increasingly urged leaders to understand the importance of enhanced access control. Up until this point, simple passwords have been the most common means of authenticating users and allowing individuals to use and share sensitive corporate information through a range of platforms, websites and devices. However, the...
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Data Analytics Raises Health Care IT Security Concerns
Health care providers have been somewhat under the gun when it comes to the integrity, security and privacy of patient data for more than a decade now, while breaches have increased in prevalence and damage. The onus has been decisively placed on individual medical firms to begin making more progressive changes to their IT security and general data management strategies, but the entirety of the sector is increasingly expected to invest more time and resources into these endeavors.
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Data Management Must Be a Priority in Health Care
For virtually every healthcare provider or relevant business, the most important word in the IT lexicon has been "data" for several years now. Back in 1996, the attempts of the government to dramatically increase the accessibility and security of data became clear through the enactment of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, and this marked the beginning of what would become a persistent effort to improve population care. In 2009, the Health Information Technology for...
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The High Cost of Noncompliance in Health Care
Health care IT security has been lackluster of late, to say the least, as countless breaches of patient data have taken place in a relatively short period of time with no signs of a changing tide rolling in soon. This is one of the many reasons why regulators and law enforcement officials have started to come down hard on hospitals and other medical firms that are not doing everything in their power to maintain compliance and protect information from the grasp of hackers and other threats.
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The BYOD Side of Health Care IT Security
In the past several years, plenty of trends in corporate IT have taken shape and intensified, but perhaps none quite as impactful and challenging as enterprise mobility. Sure, the Internet of Things is beginning to scale up and challenge managers in the IT department, but it will take years for this trend to see the same types of gains in adoption as enterprise mobility and, specifically, BYOD, have seen of late. Lost or stolen devices, rogue IT, poor control over access, no governance and...
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Canon Information and Imaging Solutions Announces Digital Conversion Services for Healthcare
New Digital Conversion Services are designed to aid clients to promote more efficient business operations, improve continuity of care and assist in compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements MELVILLE, N.Y., Apr 13, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. (CIIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., announces that it now offers Digital Conversion Services for Healthcare. Bringing together Canon’s imaging technologies and information management...
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Data breaches in healthcare costing millions
The healthcare industry is undeniably a target of cybercriminals. With the increased usage of electronic health records, healthcare organizations have large volumes of data stored in data centers, on employee devices and sent through email. However,...
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The Future of Healthcare IT Will Pose Risks
Healthcare providers were constantly under the gun when it came to the safe deployment of new technologies throughout the past several years, and it would be hard to argue that the sector at large has been highly successful in these endeavors. This is...
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Xerox Medicaid Management Information System Receives Federal Certification
NORWALK, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Xerox’s (NYSE: XRX) Health Enterprise platform, a next-generation Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), has received full federal certification in New Hampshire. This is the first instance of certification for Xerox Health Enterprise, which is also being used in Alaska and is under development in four other states. “The CMS certification validates Xerox’s significant, ground-up investment in this comprehensive solution for modern Medicaid program...
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What HIPAA does and how the healthcare industry has been complying
HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been a huge source of interest since cyberattacks became prevalent in the business world. Many people have argued that hackers will begin to focus on the healthcare industry, due...
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How dentists should comply with HIPAA
Dentists should ensure their methods of HIPAA compliance are up to date. According to Dentistry IQ, all positions within the dental field have to know how to approach the legislation, including receptionists, assistants, dental hygienists and IT...
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Health care industry is No. 1 for cyberattacks
The FBI has warned that cyberattacks are on the rise - and health care companies are often the target hackers seek. An attack that took place in August on Community Health Systems Inc., the No. 2 publicly traded U.S. hospital group, compounded concern...
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Auxilio Wins $18 Million Managed Print Services Contract with Top 10 US Health System
MISSION VIEJO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 22, 2014 / Auxilio, Inc. ( AUXO ), the nation's pioneer and leading Managed Print Services (MPS) and IT Advisory company for healthcare, today announced a five-year $18 million contract with the largest...
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Lexmark Acquires Claron Technology
Lexmark International Inc. has announced the acquisition of Toronto-based Claron Technology Inc. , a provider of medical image viewing, distribution, sharing and collaboration software technology. Lexmark paid a cash purchase price of approximately...
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The state of cybersecurity in the health care industry
The health care sector should prepare for cybersecurity in 2015, as it's expected to become a huge target. Breaches within the sector can prove even more costly than those afflicting other industries, with HealthITSecurity reporting that such...
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Where Big Data and Health Care Security Meet
There is no denying that the average health care organization is becoming far more digitally centric with the passing of each year, driven by the rapid proliferation of new tools and trends that set the bar higher for each competitor in the field....
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Are you ready for new HIPAA Audits?
The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 has been anything but static, as regulators have pushed to keep this piece of legislation relevant to the threats of the current and forthcoming marketplaces. Medical organizations have...
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The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare
In what has become a farce of sorts, health care providers appear to remain far behind the learning curve when it comes to data, network and email security, as breaches have been on a torridly rising path in the past few months. Although retailers...
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A Broad Scope of Health Care Data Security
The health care security arena has become more complex and challenging in recent years, driven by all different types of stressors, pain points, new technologies, compliance overhauls and more. In many ways, patient information has been widely viewed...
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How Well Do You Know Your Sales Comp Plans?
Most will say, argghh, it's way to complicated and I don't have the time for that. All I want to do is sell and make money or I'm sure the commission report is correct and there's no need to double check, or how about this one that was once...
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Toshiba launches new tablet-laptop hybrid
Toshiba launches new tablet-laptop hybrid Dubai, 10 hours, 58 minutes ago Toshiba Gulf has launched its new tablet–laptop hybrid, featuring a simple attach and detach latch for easily shifting between the two modes. “We designed this for people who need a laptop for everyday computing but also want a Tablet for entertainment and added mobility. It’s for everyone who demands essential computing and also appreciates portability,” said Santosh Varghese, general manager of Digital Products and...
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JDL Technologies Renews Support for UCF Regional Extension Center
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- JDL Technologies today announced it has renewed support for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine's Regional Extension Center (UCF REC) for a second year. JDL is a UCF...
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San Luis Valley Health Chooses CareTech Solutions’ Document Management Solution, iDoc
October 03, 2013 10:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time TROY, Mich.--( EON: Enhanced Online News )--CareTech Solutions, an information technology and Web products and services provider for U.S. hospitals announced today that current client, San Luis Valley Health, purchased the company’s document management software, iDoc™, to enhance its medical record and patient financial services workflow processes. “Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” “As San Luis Valley Health continues on its...
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Healthcare IT Security Legislation Changes
Information security has been among the most widely discussed topics in the healthcare sector for the past several years running, as regulators in Washington and advocacy group officials work to tighten up best practices, standards and compliance requirements. Data breaches have been widespread, impacting millions of patients over the past several years, and some of the more massive events in cybersecurity history have hit in the past 12 months alone. So many factors are making it more...
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nexogy Secures Multi-Year Contract to Provide Cloud Communication and Managed Services to a Leading Primary Care Health Center in South Florida
MIAMI , July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- nexogy, a leading provider of cloud and managed services, has secured a 3-year, $320K Cloud Communication and Managed Services contract with a leading Health Care Center in South Florida. Today's win reflects the increasing pace of cloud communications and managed service adoption in the $217 billion managed services industry, and nexogy's success in delivering leading security services to protect today's businesses. nexogy's technical expertise and deep...
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JFK Health Treats Printing Security, Costs and Usage with Nuance Solutions
Burlington, MA, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced JFK Health has deployed Nuance solutions to increase printing security and reduce printing costs. Nuance solutions helped JFK Health, a healthcare network based in Edison, N.J., to achieve printing process improvements, cost containment and flexibility to provide secure printing options to staffers. JFK Health has a comprehensive print management solution, which includes Nuance Equitrac , Nuance...
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Health First taps Ricoh's services and solutions portfolio to drive efficiency and assist in compliance with its confidential communications
MALVERN, Pa. , March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced that Health First , Brevard County, Florida's fully integrated delivery network (IDN) has enhanced its print and mail approach to drive increased efficiencies and greater information security by partnering with Ricoh. As part of this collaboration to drive increased efficiency and assist in the management of its confidential information, Health First has leveraged Ricoh Consulting Group , acquired on-site managed...
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Re: The High Cost of Noncompliance in Health Care
2014 and early 2015 we had a huge surge in business performing scanning projects for the healthcare industry. However late 2015 and now in 2016 that has basically gone down dramatically. I think that bubble has burst (so to speak).
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for July 12th, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes for October 4th, 2020
MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes October 4th, 2020 Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have...
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COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Ninety-Four of Selling
Well......, nothing today. I wasn't able to connect with any one of the five opportunities today. All I can say is thank goodness there are still two days left! I'm sure some are probably trying to avoid me like the plague at this time, however that's not going to stop me from going my job tomorrow and day after tomorrow. I was able to get some prep work for some of the accounts that may have a chance of moving forward in January. There was no sense if making a ton of calls or emails since...
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COVID19 Remote Working Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Four of Selling
When will this pandemic end? Even with vaccinations Jersey proves once again we're in the top four with new cases of Corona. Today we came in with 3,563 and that's with almost 2 full million vaccinations. With a state population of nine million we've been tested 12.7 million times so far. I've almost come to the point where it's time to get the frack out of this place. So much for the most populated state in the union. Our Governor had his daily briefing today and was asked and I'm...
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Cybersecurity Notes
The average ransom payment to ransomware operators is now $220,298, up 43% YoY, according to Coveware Security Reverb Inc. headquartered in Chicago, IL, notified an unknown number of users for its musical instrument marketplace website that their info may have been exposed during recent data breach. Sapphire Community Health of Hamilton, MT notified 4,000 patients that their PHI was stolen during recent ransomware attack. Centennial School District of Portland, Oregon notified 6,100 students...
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Konica Minolta Honored with MedTech Breakthrough Award
Konica Minolta Honored with MedTech Breakthrough Award Program Recognizes Security Expertise within the Digital Health and Medical Technology Industries Ramsey, NJ -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta) and its IT Services Division, All Covered , (All Covered) today announced that MedTech Breakthrough , an independent organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market, has selected the company as the...
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Health issues with toner?
Some toner causes health issues? Research published by Elsevier magazine Conducted in at 6 different companies in country of Singapore that use MFPs Claim that inhalation of toner dust emitted from certain MFPs (not named) caused systemic inflammation in plasma and upper airway in some employees that use the MFPs Apparently caused by toners that use certain ENMs (engineered nanomaterials) to improve machine performance Extended exposure could lead to atherosclerosis and vascular disease
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Cybersecurity Notes
Cybersecurity Updates Kyoto University of Japan lost 77 terabytes of critical research data after a flawed update was sent out by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. 67% of respondents to survey claim that they have experienced at least one ransomware attack in last 12 months Morgan Stanley Corp. agreed to pay $60 million to settle lawsuit regarding breach that happened in 2016. CyberEdge Group publishes survey on what CIOs plan to buy in 2022 for endpoint security: o 22.2% = antimalware o 30.4% =...
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Xerox Retiree Wants 900-Person Class Over Health-Care Premiums
A former employee accusing Xerox Corp. of improperly charging premiums to retirees receiving company-provided health insurance asked a New York federal judge to certify the case as a class action covering about 900 people. Paul Vollmer wants to represent a class covering former Xerox employees who retired under a 1986 enhanced early retirement program and who were eligible to receive health insurance from the company, together with their spouses. Vollmer says the case’s central issue—whether...
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Cybersecurity Notes
cybersecurity breaches in the news The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health & Human Services (aka HIPAA police) sent out press release stating that they have now documented 5,000 major data breaches of PHI since 2009, when it first started tracking breaches 369 million people have had their PHI exposed 25% of all ransomware attacks are aimed at healthcare vertical, making it top target 91% are concerned about ransomware attacks – SonicWall survey Regions Hospital of Saint...
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Cybersecurity Notes
cybersecurity news Scripps Health, headquartered in San Diego, CA, agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle lawsuit alleging negligence regarding a ransomware attack in 2021 that exposed the PHI of over 1 million patients. The federal Office for Civil Rights (aka HIPAA police) is reminding healthcare facilities the heavy penalty if they do not properly dispose of paper PHI. A small clinic in Massachusetts was recently fined $300,640 after PHI was found in garbage bin. St. Rose Hospital of...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked 1/30/2023 U.S. No Fly list shared on a hacking forum, government investigating .....A U.S. No Fly list with over 1.5 million records of banned flyers and upwards of 250000 'selectees' has been shared publicly on a hacking forum. JD Sports Group Hacked - What 10 Million Customers Need To Know - .....Customers of JD Sports, including group brands Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts and MilletSport, have been warned that hackers gained unauthorized What happens when you've been hacked . -...
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Xerox, Retirees Announce Class Deal Over Health-Care Premiums
Xerox, Retirees Announce Class Deal Over Health-Care Premiums Xerox began requiring 50% premium contributions in 2019 Portions of ERISA case survived dismissal last year Xerox Corp. reached a class settlement with about 900 retirees who accused the company of improperly charging premiums for their company-paid health insurance. The parties are working to draft a settlement agreement and plan to file the deal for court approval within the next two weeks, they said in a joint filing. Their...
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Cybersecurity Notes
A Russian hacking group announced access to email addresses of 632,000 federal employees at Department of Defense and Department of Justice. John Costanza Jr., a former DEA agent, indicted for providing top-secret information to a criminal target in Venezuela for a payment of $73,000. Doctor’s Management Services of Massachusetts agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations of negligence after a cyber attack exposed PHI of 206,695 patients. Reeds Spring School District of Missouri notified...
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes for November 26th, 2023
Sponsored by November 27th, 2023 Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise, certifications,...