A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Meta for allegedly scraping PHI from hospital and medical provider websites. The case was filed in the Northern District of California by John Doe, a patient of the Medstar Health System in Baltimore, Maryland. Doe accused Meta of violating the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability …
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Google recently stated that customers who visit sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, will have their location information automatically deleted. In a blog posted by Jen Fitzpatrick, senior vice president of core systems and experiences at Google on July 1st, the tech giant disclosed that while the location history is switched off on Google accounts …
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A recent report has estimated that the Telemedicine Equipment Market worth is expected to grow to over $14 billion by 2030. The study was conducted by Acumen Research and Consulting, a global provider of market intelligence and consulting services to various markets such as information technology and telecommunication. In 2021, the global telemedicine equipment market …
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A study published by JMIR found that populations with lower income are less likely to benefit from telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth grew exponentially in order to reduce the spread of the virus in healthcare settings. While COVID-19 related restrictions continue to be lifted, telehealth …
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A joint cybersecurity alert regarding the MedusaLocker ransomware has been released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). According to the alert, affiliates of the MedusaLocker gang are enlisted to carry out attacks in exchange for …
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A recent study published in The Lancet Digital Health has found that artificial intelligence has the ability to determine the race of a patient using medical imaging. In the study, a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School and MIT developed an AI capable of correctly identifying a patient’s self-reported race using only medical images …
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A recent study conducted by the University of Houston (UH) College of Medicine has found that telemedicine use remains unbalanced across populations as a result of the digital divide and racial inequalities despite the continued use of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, given telemedicine’s benefits, many communities are unable to use it because …
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The economic sanctions placed on Russia in reaction to the invasion of Ukraine have raised the possibility of cyberattacks by state-sponsored hackers, according to a warning from President Biden. Prior to the publication of Biden’s warning, the FBI released an alert to raise awareness among organizations within the private sector about cybercriminal gangs linked to …
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A RAND Corporation analysis discovered that audio-only telehealth visit numbers at safety-net health clinics remained greater than video-based treatment during the COVID-19 crisis, particularly for behavioral health services. The researchers analyzed 45 Federally Qualified Health Centers in California that offer healthcare services to lower-income populations to conduct the study. The researchers assessed the centers’ telehealth …
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In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) advise that state-sponsored Russian actors are using the PrintNightmare weakness and default multi-factor authentication protocols to break into systems and obtain sensitive information. Since early May 2021, when a non-governmental organization (NGO) was targeted using these …
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