Posted By HIPAA Journal on May 9, 2022 Share this article on: Illinois Gastroenterology Group has recently announced that unauthorized individuals gained access to its computer environment and potentially accessed and exfiltrated sensitive patient data. The cyberattack was detected on October 22, 2021, when suspicious activity was identified within its […]
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Valley Health’s Acute Care Hospitals Earn National Recognition for Patient Safety
Valley Health’s two acute care hospitals – Winchester Medical Center (WMC) and Warren Memorial Hospital (WMH) — have each earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent, nonprofit national watchdog organization, recognizing their achievements in protecting patients from harm in the hospital setting. The Leapfrog Group […]
California group says its collected enough signatures to qualify sports betting ballot measure
A California advocacy group announced on Monday that it had collected enough signatures that would qualify a measure on the November ballot in which voters would decide whether hundreds of millions of dollars in sports betting tax revenue could be authorized to address homelessness and mental health in the state. […]
LHC Group finalizes home health partnership with Archbold Medical Center
Joint venture agreement will expand services in seven Georgia counties LAFAYETTE, La., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) announced today that it has finalized a joint venture (JV) partnership for in-home healthcare services with Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga. The initial agreement was first announced […]
A U.S. pediatricians’ group is trying to eliminate race-based medical guidance : NPR
A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. Amr Alfiky/AP hide caption toggle […]
NNS Spotlight: How the Muslim Community and Health Center brought a vision of providing health care to life
The Muslim Community Health Center, 803 W. Layton Ave., offers clinical and behavioral health services. (Photo by Matt Martinez) It started off modestly. In 2004, Fozia Ahmed saw a need for social services in the Muslim community. With a vision but no space, she made use of what she had […]
EHR vendor, research group partner to expand clinical trial access, diversity
Electronic health record vendor NextGen Healthcare and Circuit Clinical are teaming up to help providers connect diverse populations of patients to clinical trial access through federally qualified health centers, the companies said Wednesday. NextGen has 14,000 provider and more than 300 health center clients, and the collaboration with Circuit Clinical, […]
Wellness Center hosts mental health focus group with student ambassadors, Virginia officials
The Wellness Center hosts a panel on mental health including student representatives and Virginia officials. COURTESY PHOTO // ADRIENNE BERARD Content warning: this article mentions suicide Sunday, April 24, the Mcleod Tyler Wellness Center hosted a student focus group discussing mental health and wellness at the College of William and […]
Lawyers for Killingly school board defend health center plan rejection
The latest salvo in the battle between the Killingly school board and a group of residents over the addition of a school health center was fired this week in the form of a “complaint response” received by state investigators. The board on Tuesday sent that document to the state Department of […]
This abortion rights group is encouraging more women to share their abortion stories
CNN — Meg Schurr was 22 years old when she says she was sexually assaulted. A college student in New York with the dream of working in public health, Schurr’s life came to a grinding halt when she discovered she became pregnant as a result of the assault in […]