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A therapist I consulted with last year was using the standard Google Voice app to confirm appointments, send session reminders, and even discuss medication changes
The Text That Cost a Practice Everything A physician texted a colleague a photo of a patient's wound for a quick consult. Standard
A single unencrypted laptop stolen from a parked car cost Concentra Health Services $1,725,220. The laptop contained patient names, dates of birth, Social
A $5.55 Million Wake-Up Call That Rewrote the Rules In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid $5.55 million to settle HIPAA violations after employees
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call in a Hospital Basement In 2016, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted USB drive
In February 2011, Cignet Health of Prince George's County, Maryland received a $4.3 million penalty from the Office for Civil Rights — the
A nurse in New York pulled up her ex-boyfriend's medical record on a slow Tuesday night. She didn't copy it. She
A single misconfigured EHR user account cost Anthem, Inc. $16 million in 2018 — still the largest HIPAA settlement in history. The breach exposed nearly 79
A Spreadsheet, a Social Security Number, and a $1.5 Million Settlement In 2018, Anthem Inc. paid $16 million to the Office for Civil Rights
Your Chatbot Just Became a Liability A nurse pastes a patient's medication list into an AI chatbot to draft a care summary. It
A Receptionist, a Curiosity, and a $2.4 Million Problem In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost its appeal of a
A hospital receptionist in Texas forwarded a patient's lab results to the wrong email address. It took fourteen seconds. The breach affected one
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