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UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the American poor

Wed, 2024-03-20 09:44 — mike kraft
UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

Wed, 2024-03-06 19:03 — mike kraft
Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News
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Thousands of front line workers may have survived Covid if US government regulations were better --study

Tue, 2024-01-30 18:02 — mike kraft
US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say Thousands of frontline workers may have survived the COVID-19 pandemic if the US regulatory system had better protected them, report the authors of an analysis published yesterday in BMJ. CIDRAP
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Covid funds scam: South Florida man faces nearly 100 years in prison for COVID-19 relief offenses

Wed, 2024-01-17 11:53 — mike kraft
South Florida man faces nearly 100 years in prison for COVID-19 relief offenses A federal jury convicted a 55-year-old man from a small village around Miami, called Bal Harbour, Friday regarding COVID-19 relief scams and forged tax returns. Troy Myers
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Opinion: U.S. ER health care workers need more security

Thu, 2024-01-11 17:58 — mike kraft
Preventing health care violence in the ER requires moving from safety to security Health care workers facing violence in the ER need more than just safety — they need security. Torie Bosch STAT

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Lack of trauma care in rural American hospitals puts gunshot victims at risk

Tue, 2024-01-02 09:07 — mike kraft
As gun violence increases, a lack of trauma care in rural America puts millions at risk A crash course in treating trauma patients at smaller hospitals aims to save lives. NBC News

Gun violence in America is increasing, not only on crowded city streets, but in small towns in remote parts of the country that lack resources to save people from life-threatening gunshot wounds. ...

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Record number of breaches in health data reported in 2023

Fri, 2023-12-22 18:31 — mike kraft

 

Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023 At least 116 million individuals were impacted by large and numerous health data breaches reported to federal regulators this year. Katie Palmer STAT

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As many as 116 million individuals have been impacted by large health data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services this year, according to records from its Office for Civil Rights as of December 21. That number has more than doubled over recent counts, driven primarily by a surge in hacking and ransomware attacks on health care organizations regulated by the privacy rule HIPAA.

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U.S. FEMA official concerned about China and Russia spreading disinformation after disasters.

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:45 — mike kraft

 

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Hospitals are turning to warning systems to help protect health workers from violence

Wed, 2023-11-15 09:18 — mike kraft
Hospitals say violence against health workers is surging. Tech companies are stepping in to help As health care workers face higher risk of violence, hospitals are turning to systems that can track safety incidents in real time. Mohana Ravindranath STAT

 

 

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Frauds: U.S .COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, even a private island

Mon, 2023-11-13 11:08 — mike kraft

 

The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card — even a private island Patrick Parker Walsh is one of thousands of thieves who perpetrated the greatest grift in U.S. history — potentially plundering more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. AP News

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