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Quality and Safety

By Kat Jercich | 10:05 am | August 26, 2021
A report released Thursday by the cybersecurity firm Critical Insight found that bad actors have begun to shift their healthcare targets.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:59 pm | August 24, 2021
Christopher Frenz takes on some tough questions about cyberattacks and patient safety in a one on one with Healthcare IT News.
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By HIMSS TV | 07:00 am | August 24, 2021
Kanal Jain, president of Practiceforces, has been coming to HIMSS Global Conferences for 20 years and always picks up new ideas, even through chance meetings and discussions.
By Kat Jercich | 06:02 pm | August 23, 2021
An Ohio-based law firm is investigating claims on behalf of the breach victims.
By Kat Jercich | 04:30 pm | August 23, 2021
The UpGuard research team says it notified 47 organizations – including governmental public health entities – about their publicly accessible data. 
By Kat Jercich | 12:34 pm | August 20, 2021
In another incident, a former employee in New York is accused of electronic health record snooping – potentially affecting more than 10,000 patients.
By Kat Jercich | 03:52 pm | August 18, 2021
The Indiana Department of Health said this week that it was notifying almost 750,000 Hoosiers after a company "improperly accessed" the data from the state's COVID-19 online contact tracing survey.
By Mike Miliard | 01:19 pm | August 18, 2021
The multi-stakeholder initiative will target healthcare access, affordability, quality and equity by engaging with health information exchanges and health improvement collaboratives.
By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | August 18, 2021
Meanwhile, Ohio-based Memorial Health System struggles to get back online after a ransomware attack.