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Survey Finds Wearables Improves Health For 7 In 10 Healthcare Consumers

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A report issued by Deloitte has found that 70 percent of US citizens believe that wearables have improved their health and fitness. As a result of the pandemic, wearables saw a major surge in innovation and use amongst the American people. Deloitte launched the report in order to investigate consumer’s attitudes towards digital health, particularly …

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Dental Care Alliance Pays $3 million For Data Breach

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A class action lawsuit has been settled by Dental Care Alliance as the result of a data breach affecting 1.7 million individuals. Dental Care Alliance has set up a fund amounting to $3 million for claims from those impacted by the incident.  On September 18, 2020, Dental Care Alliance, a Florida-based dental support organization, announced …

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Fast Track Urgent Care Announces Data Breach Affecting 259,411 Individuals

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Fast Track Urgent Care, a network of urgent healthcare clinics based in Florida, has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach affecting 259,411 individuals. The data breach is the result of a ransomware attack launched on the network’s billing and management vendor, PracticeMax. The information potentially accessed by the malicious actor includes names, …

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Aetna ACE Announces Data Breach Affecting 326,278 Clients

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Aetna ACE has recently announced it has been subject to a ransomware attack on a mailing vendor. The data breach involves the unauthorized disclosure of 326,278 clients. According to the health insurer, the affected clients were reduced to only those covered by Aetna ACE. Neither Aetna nor CVS Health clients’ protected health information was compromised.  …

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Study Finds Telehealth Is Effective For Abortion Medication Services

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A recent study published in the Annals of Family Medicine has revealed that telehealth sufficiently supported abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare sector was required to adapt alternative methods to deliver healthcare in order to prevent the spread of the virus. The result was an …

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Study Finds Medicare RPM Use Increased During Pandemic

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A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that remote patient monitoring has significantly increased among Medicare recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic. From January 1, 2018, through September 30, 2021, conventional Medicare claims were evaluated for the presence of remote patient monitoring CPT codes. This featured brand-new codes for recording general physiological data …

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Study Finds Telehealth Fails To Reduce After-Hours Workload For Physicians

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A recent study published in JMIR Medical Informatics has demonstrated that an increase in telehealth use may lead to an increase in after-hours work for healthcare providers. Due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth had been subject to a significant increase in order to prevent the spread of the virus …

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Study Finds mHealth App To Accurately Monitor Glucose Levels In Type 2 Diabetics

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A recent study published in JMIR has found that an mHealth application is a suitable method for treating type 2 diabetes patients’ short-term glycemic control. Diabetes is a chronic disease that poses a major threat to public health. According to the study, since 2000, the number of individuals with diabetes has tripled, and in 2021, …

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Colorado-based Professional Finance Company Suffers Ransomware Attack

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Professional Finance Company, a Greely, Colorado-based accounts receivable management company has announced that they experienced a ransomware attack in February 2022. The payment vendor provides assistance to a multitude of entities including 600 healthcare organizations.   On February 26, 2022, Professional Finance Company discovered an unauthorized third party had gained access and disabled parts of the …

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Cloud Security Alliance Issues Third Party Vendor Risk Management Guidelines

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The Cloud Security Alliance has released guidelines advising how healthcare organizations can manage risks to data security posed by third party vendors. Business associates of HIPAA-regulated entities are often targeted by cyber criminals as a simple means to access data maintained by several healthcare organizations.  Employing a third party vendor can be very advantageous for …

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