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Weekly Roundup – October 26, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

At MEDITECH Live, John chatted with Mike Elder and Kelsey Reed at the southwest Georgia health system, which recently opened a Living and Learning Center to really recruit and train the next generation of nurses. In the wake of high-profile breaches and ransomware attacks, Congress is pushing bills to help health systems respond.

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Hacking Incidents Reported by Atlantic General and Lawrence General Hospitals

HIPAA Journal

Atlantic General Hospital – Ransomware Attack Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, MD, has recently reported a ransomware attack to the Maine Attorney General that has affected up to 30,704 individuals. The attack was detected on January 29, 2023, when files were discovered to have been encrypted.

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SouthCoast Health; Call 4 Health Notify Patients About Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

a Delray Beach, FL-based medical call center operator and nurse triage service provider, has recently issued individual notifications to individuals affected by a data security incident that occurred on March 20, 2024. The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal still shows the interim figure of 501 affected individuals.

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Azura Vascular Care Reports Data Breach Affecting 348,000 Patients

HIPAA Journal

Covenant Care California Assessing Scope of Cyberattack Covenant Care California, LLC, which operates skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies throughout California and Nevada, has confirmed there has been unauthorized access to files containing the personal and protected health information of patients and other individuals.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

If a ransomware attack happens, an organization can respond much faster in the cloud than with on-premises infrastructure and will have a better chance of accessing protected backups. Leaders must focus on eliminating manual repetitive work to let employees work at the top of their license and spend more time with patients.

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Compliance is Everybody’s Business: Clinical, Revenue Cycle, IT, Sales and Marketing

YouCompli

In this article she looks at specific ways to engage and communicate with Nursing, Physicians, Sales & Marketing, Revenue Cycle, and IT. Nursing represents the largest team in many healthcare organizations, so we must build strong relationships here. In an inpatient setting, nursing is going to be a 24×7 business.

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Health Provider News – May 20, 2022

Hall Render

HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. McKinsey Report: Nursing Shortage Will Become Dire by 2025. State Actions to Address Nursing Home Staffing During COVID-19. Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn’t have enough nursing faculty to meet demand. Arkansas Gets $3.9M