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Healthcare Data Breaches Spike Significantly in Seven Years

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MD, an orthopedic surgeon, and Roy Perlis, MD, a professor of psychiatry, analyzed all breaches posted to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights breach portal between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. The number of breach reports increased each year, from 199 in 2010 to 344 in 2017, with the exception of 2015. The authors, Thomas McCoy Jr.,

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8 benefits of Telehealth

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For example, in Germany, digital health application access is regulated by the digital healthcare act (DVG: Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz) from 2019, making it easier also for patients to cover benefits from digital health, since insurances are required to pay for applications with certain specifications. Reay at al.