By Lance Reid – Cybersecurity threats are no longer abstract risks for healthcare organizations, they are routine, disruptive and increasingly dangerous. Whether you’re a major hospital system or a rural clinic, the risk is real. Cybercriminals want access to sensitive patient data, and they’re becoming more sophisticated every day in how they go about getting it.
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By Dr. Nick van Terheyden – What an outstanding experience and learning opportunity put on by the Lown Institute on May 15, 2025 in Washington DC at the Medical Debt in America: A Research and Policy Forum. From start to finish, this conference was filled with insights, great speakers, riveting discussions, and evidence of real change and positive impact brought by many to the area of Medical Debt.
By Matt Fisher – The steady stream of settlements from the Office for Civil Rights continues. The underpinning to many of the recent settlements is notification following the occurrence of a data breach, often from some form of a cyber attack.
By Jim Tate – Now, for the first time in 20 years, a Certification tool is down and not available for live testing by any of the ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCB).
By Matt Fisher – Whenever an entity subject to HIPAA experiences a data breach, notification must be given to the Office for Civil Rights. Once OCR receives notification of a breach, an investigation will typically follow. That combination is a sure way for broader issues to be uncovered. That is the scenario that played out in the most recent settlement announced by OCR.
By Jim Tate – DOGE has certainly been burning the midnight oil as it moves forward on eliminating “waste, fraud, and abuse” in federal spending. So many contracts are being terminated that even those with eagle eyes are having trouble keeping up. But one caught my eye.
By Jim Tate – On the first day of his second term (January 20, 2025), President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
By Matt Fisher – Ambient listening technology is growing in many areas and being incorporated into a lot of different applications. What does the ambient listening do? It automatically picks up conversations and other sounds around it to be processed for one purpose or another.
By Lance Reid – Who doesn’t love a plan? Leaders love plans to set a positive course for their businesses. I love plans, too. Sales plans. Cybersecurity plans. Employee development plans. Business continuity plans. Plans help executives and team leaders get on the same page and move forward in a common, predetermined direction.