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Woman Faked Nurse Credentials to Inject Fake Botox, Say Prosecutors

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On November 1, 2024, federal authorities charged 38-year-old Rebecca Fadanelli, owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa in Randolph and South Easton, Massachusetts, with illegally importing counterfeit cosmetic products and administering them without proper medical credentials.

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Medical Assistant Careers in 2024: Why Now Is the Best Time to Start

Northwest Suburban College

Top Reasons to Choose a Medical Assistant Career in 2024 1. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of medical assistants is expected to grow much faster than average through 2024. The post Medical Assistant Careers in 2024: Why Now Is the Best Time to Start appeared first on Northwest Suburban College. According to the U.S.

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Cyberattack on Sunflower Medical Group Affects 221,000 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Suspicious activity was identified within its computer systems on April 11, 2024. The invitations were circulated on September 3, 2024, October 3, 2024, November 7, 2024, and/or December 30, 2024. During that time, files were exfiltrated from its network, some of which contained patient data.

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Netcare Scheduled Downtime - Thursday November 21, 2024 at 20:00 to Friday November 22, 2024 at 04:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The Alberta Netcare Portal will be unavailable from Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 20:00 to 04:00 on Friday, November 22, 2024 in order to accommodate system maintenance and a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but Connect Care users will not be able to launch the Alberta Netcare Portal during this time.

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$4.4 Million Settlement Agreed to Resolve WellNow Urgent Care Data Breach Litigation

The HIPAA Journal

The affected individuals started to be notified about the data breach in February 2024. The settlement has received preliminary approval from the court, and the final fairness hearing has been scheduled for August 15, 2025. In total, the protected health information of approximately 597,000 individuals was compromised in the attack.

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Ransomware Attack Causes System-wide Outage at Kettering Health

The HIPAA Journal

The outage occurred on the morning of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, and without access to critical IT systems, the decision was taken to cancel scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures on Tuesday. The medical centers remain open, and emergency rooms are continuing to accept patients.

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Northbay Healthcare Settles Data Breach Litigation for $3.6 Million

The HIPAA Journal

A settlement has been approved to resolve class action litigation against Northbay Healthcare Corporation over a 2024 cyberattack and data breach that affected almost 570,000 individuals. Northbay Healthcare identified suspicious activity within its computer network on February 23, 2024. Million appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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