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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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5 Ways Health Systems Can Improve Their Cybersecurity in 2018

Redox

Last year was a discouraging one for healthcare data security, and this year seems to be off to a rocky start as well. According to a survey by KPMG, 47 percent of healthcare providers and health plans said they had faced security-related HIPAA violations or cyber-attacks that compromised patient data in 2017.