State Attorney Generals Urge Apple To Strengthen Reproductive Health Data Privacy Standards
A group of ten state Attorney Generals recently urged Apple CEO Tim Cook in a letter to strengthen privacy and security safeguards for Apple App…
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Federal Funding Granted To Support Nurse Telehealth Training
Law Firm Epstein Becker & Green Publish Telemental Health Laws Report
Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Proposed By Lurie Children’s Hospital
Study Confirms Telehealth As A Legitimate Modality For Care
West Health Researchers Discuss Senior Citizen Telehealth
FAIR Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker Finds Telehealth Usage Rates Remains Consistent
Senator Warner Suggests HIPAA Policy Changes To Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Iranian Threat Campaigns
Biden Declares November ‘Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month’
November has been declared Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month by US President Biden. In the press brief, Biden emphasized the steps taken by the…
Survey Finds Positive Attitudes Towards Virtual Primary Care Among Americans
According to a recent Elevance Health survey, the majority of Americans who used virtual primary care reported that their experiences were positive and that the…
Study Finds In-Person Examinations Have Little Impact On Virtual Urological Surgey Planning
According to a recent study, in-person examinations had little impact on virtual surgical planning for urology patients who visited via video visits, with the exception…
Report Finds Post-Pandemic Telehealth Use Among Young Adults Remains High
A report published by Stericycle Communication Solutions has found that young adults who utilize primary care and mental health services as well as those who…
Memora Health Announces Postpartum Care Research Program With Mayo Clinic
The first phase of a research program to expand care to postpartum patients was revealed today by Memora Health. The initiative will be operated in…
Study Finds Telehealth Equal To In-Clinic Hypertension Treatment
A new study published in the American Heart Association journal has discovered that pharmacists’ use of telehealth care is a viable alternative to clinic-based care…
Study Finds Businesses Are Vulnerable To Evolving Cyber Threats
Businesses are understanding the value of cybersecurity and seeing the need to invest more extensively in it since threats are developing so swiftly. Businesses must…
FBI Warns Health Sector Of Ransomware Gang ‘Daixin Team’
A warning has been issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), teh Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and…
CISA Director Urges Vendors To Adopt Multi-Factor Authentication
Jen Easterly, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), recently wrote on her blog about how she has been touring the country…
Study Finds Link Between Clinician Perception of Quality And Telehealth Modality Use Rates
A study published in JAMA Network Open has found that clinician attitudes towards telehealth quality and ease of use were associated with telehealth utilization rates….
FSMB Updates Guidelines For Telehealth Providers
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has updated its guidelines for how healthcare professionals can maintain suitable telehealth use, including acknowledging ethical codes, safeguarding…
Study Finds Similiar Adverse Event Rates Among In-Home And Remote Physician Visits
Although the recent expansion of remote care is commonly seen as advantageous for patients and providers, concerns persist regarding its advantages over traditional in-home care…
Study Finds Telehealth Provides Safe Abortion Services To Vulnerable Women
According to a recent research in The Lancet, medical abortions may be performed safely and successfully through telehealth without a standard ultrasound scan. The study,…
BPC Offers Policy Solutions To Telehealth Legislators
A report has been issued by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) that describes patterns in Medicare utilization and makes suggestions to policymakers in order to…
CDC Report Finds U.S. Adults Continued To Use Telehealth In 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that several demographics, mostly adults, maintained substantial levels of involvement in telehealth after evaluating telehealth use…
Samsung Partners With HealthTap To Provide Healthcare Via Smart TVs
Samsung has partnered with leading virtual primary care provider HealthTap to help provide virtual healthcare directly to Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. HealthTap typically…
Study Investigates The Effect Of Ransomware Attacks On The Health Sector
A recent study has been conducted by Trend Micro to investigate the effect ransomware attacks are having on organizations in the health sector. Ransomware attacks…
Endocrine Society Offers Guidance On Appropriate Telehealth Uses To Medical Providers
Telehealth visits are anticipated to continue playing a significant role in endocrine care after experiencing a dramatic rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to…
Study Finds Video Observation Effective For Take-Home Methadone Dosing
A recent study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment has found evidence to support video observation as a method of methadone take-home dosing….
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Treat Actor’s Abuse Of Legitimate Software And Security Tools
The U.S. Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has recently released a white paper to raise the health sector’s awareness about living-off-the-land techniques threat actors…
Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against West Virgina-Based Mon Health
A class action lawsuit has been filed West Virginia-based Mon Health following a data breach where an unauthorized third party had accessed its network for…
Canadian-Based Netwalker Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
A member of the Netwalker ransomware gang has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and is ordered to pay a forfeit of $21,500,000 for…
Study Finds Post-Pandemic Telehealth Addresses Shortcomings In Healthcare Delivery
A study recently published by athenahealth has found that telehealth is addressing shortcomings in delivering healthcare after evolving from COVID-19 pandemic visit replacement methods. By…
FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Tracker Finds Regional Changes In Telehealth Use
The FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker has found that telehealth use varies per region in the United States’s southeast. The Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker,…
LifeBridge Health Inc. Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit For $9.475M
A data breach class action lawsuit has been settled by LifeBridge Health Inc. to resolve claims made by individuals impacted by a data breach in…
OIG Advises NIH to Improve Health Grant Program Cybersecurity Requirements
An audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has…
Data Breaches Reported By Family Health Centers And Reelfoot Family Walk-in Clinic
Texas-based primary care clinic network Family Health Centers (FMC) has recently notified the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a data breach involving…
Health Care Company Magellan Health Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $1.43M
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Magellan Health on behalf of approximately 273,000 patients who had their protected health information exposed in a…
ATA Explores Post-Pandemic Telehealth Use
Following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Telehealth Association (ATA) is collaborating with Congress and a number of government…
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Threat Actor Group APT41
The United States Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned the health sector of a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor named APT41. The U.S. government…
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic Reports Data Breach Affecting Over 540,000 Patients
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic has issued a breach notification to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights reporting a data…
OCR Settles resolves 3 HIPAA Right of Access Violation Cases
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the conclusion of three investigations into alleged violations of the…
Ohio’s Bricker & Eckler Law Firm Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $1.95M
Ohio-based law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit following a data breach affecting 420,532 individuals. The law firm…
Study Finds U.S. Physician Burnout Increased During Pandemic
A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has found that the burnout rate among physicians is at an all time high following the COVID-19…
New-York’s Empress EMS Suffers Ransomware Attack
The New York-based Ambulance Service, Empress Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has recently experienced a ransomware attack. On July 14, 2022, the EMS provider discovered some…
Ambry Genetics Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $12.25M
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Ambry Genetics for $12.25 million following a data breach affecting 232,772 patients. The lawsuit stems from an…
Research Raises Privacy Concerns Over Abortion Clinic Websites’ Tracking Tool Use
A recent researcher letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found third-party tracking tools on 99 percent of examined abortion clinic websites. Concerns have been…
Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center Suffers Ransomware Attack
Richmond, Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack. On September 1, 2022, the healthcare provider discovered a file…
Syracuse-Based Practice Resources Suffers Data Breach Affecting 924,138 Individuals
Syracuse-based Practice Resources has announced that they have recently experienced a data breach involving the protected health information of 924,138 individuals. Practice Resources is a…
Law Firm Warner Norcross and Judd Suffers Data Breach Affecting Over 255 Individuals
Detroit, Michigan-based law firm Warner Norcross and Judd (WNJ) has reported a data breach to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) affecting the…
Health Aid Of Ohio Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
Parma-based Health Aid of Ohio has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to resolve claims made by individuals who had their information exposed in…