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Introducing Healthcare Cybersecurity Solutions: The Safest Way To Protect Your Patients

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

It is essential for healthcare organizations to implement effective cybersecurity solutions to protect their patients and their own interests. What is Healthcare Cybersecurity? How it Differs from Traditional Cybersecurity? Healthcare cybersecurity differs from traditional cybersecurity in a few ways.

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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School. Nearly three in four (72%) patients say affordability is the biggest challenge to paying larger healthcare bills , according to a survey from Cedar.

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Swift Medical Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of New CCO and CIO

Digital Health Global

Prior to that, he held leadership positions at Accolade Health (personalized care delivery navigation and advocacy), nuVizz (hospital system logistics), and Pinn (healthcare cybersecurity). Sharma is also credited with pioneering Microsoft’s entry into mobile digital media and running the largest P&L at Samsung Mobile.

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Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Amid the Change Healthcare cybersecurity breach, Availity announced it has established 33 new health plan connections and seen a 40% increase in the volume of claims it’s processing. Care coordination company Quantum Health launched a navigation service to support Medicare Advantage plans.

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Is Your Cybersecurity Strategy Gambling Everything?

Healthcare IT Today

Contract Enforcements Tie Cybersecurity to Financial Fraud and Liability The receptionist you yelled at for shopping online could turn you in and get a $900,000 reward. When it comes to compliance, ignoring the contracts you sign – including with Medicare and your insurance policies – can hit you really hard and really fast.

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GOA & IBM Data Breach Report Reveal Alarming Security Breaches in Healthcare

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Politico’s recent investigation revealed a record number of cyber security breaches in healthcare, exposing the protected health information of an estimated 50 million people. Healthcare data is highly sought after. Financial Damages Highest for Security Breaches in Healthcare.

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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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