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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

You can view our H1, 2024 Report here.You can also receive a free copy of our HIPAA Compliance Checklist to understand your organization’s responsibilities under HIPAA. Data breaches increased once again in 2022, with OCR receiving reports of 720 data breaches of 500 or more records. 2021 was a bad year for data breaches with 45.9

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Talking Magnet with ANA Chief Nursing Officer Debbie Hatmaker

Minority Nurse

American Nurses Association (ANA) Chief Nursing Officer, Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN, FAAN -Earlier this year, the ANA urged Congress to address the nurse staffing crisis and the work environment issues. But they should know that whatever role they fill, a Magnet organization will invest in them and their potential.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Cara Lunsford

Minority Nurse

She ’ s also the host of Nurse.com ’ s NurseDot Podcast and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting a variety of voices within the nursing industry while also speaking to her personal experiences as an RN and founder of HOLLIBLU, a social networking app exclusively for nurses (acquired by Nurse.com in 2022).

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World Password Day 2023 – Password Tips and Best Practices

The HIPAA Journal

Passwords were first used to protect accounts against unauthorized access in computing environments in the 1960s. Despite the risks, 90% of respondents admitted to reusing passwords for multiple accounts, up from 85% in 2022. 22% of respondents said they have been reusing the same password for more than a decade!

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Marliyn “Nia” Wright

Minority Nurse

Wright is an author, teacher, international speaker, and nationally certified nurse and was recently named a 2022 Nurse of the Year for the state of Maryland by the Maryland Hospital Association and The Daily Record. I started as a staff nurse on a med/surg unit in 1979. Wright exemplified this enthusiasm throughout her entire career.

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Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara

Minority Nurse

What do you look forward to most at the helm of one of nursing’s most influential organizations? It’s just great to be leading the largest NP organization that represents over 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S. And I give kudos to my colleagues who are on units in hospitals. Can you talk about that?

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Dr. Simi Joseph: Excited by Nurse Practitioner Career

Minority Nurse

Joseph, who is also a Harvard Clinical Research Scholar and a past AANP Clinical Excellence Award Winner, was recently awarded a spot in POCN’s Top NPs of 2022. Seventeen years ago, while I started my career in the United States, my motivation and vision were to make a lasting impression in the nursing field.