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April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

Ascension Health MO Healthcare Provider 437,329 Hacking/IT Incident Inadvertent disclosure of PHI to a former business partner, which was stolen from the business partner in a hacking incident Onsite Mammography MA Business Associate 357,265 Hacking/IT Incident Unauthorized access to an employees email account Union Health System, Inc.

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RAG in Healthcare: Your Complete Guide to Its Implementation

Arkenea

Unlike conventional AI models that rely solely on their training data, RAG combines the power of large language models with real time information retrieval from your organization’s specific databases and documents.

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The Importance of HIPAA Compliant Teletherapy Platforms

Valant

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data. These platforms ensure that patient privacy and data security remain paramount in the virtual therapy environment. What is HIPAA and Why is it Crucial in Teletherapy?

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What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?

The HIPAA Journal

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 placed a number of requirements on HIPAA-covered entities to safeguard the Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, and to strictly control when PHI can be divulged, and to whom. What Constitutes a HIPAA Violation? A violation may be deliberate or unintentional.

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OCR Announces Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule, Raises the Bar for Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare Law Insights blog

1] The Proposed Rule applies to HIPAA-regulated entities, including Covered Entities such as health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, most healthcare providers, and their Business Associates. It also affects the relationship between a Covered Entity and its Business Associate by imposing additional requirements.

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Developing Custom Healthcare SaaS Application: A Complete Guide

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Creating Software Specifications and Wireframes Developing a healthcare application is creating specification documents and wireframes that product users will love. Functional specifications documents aim to inform developers what, how, and why they have to build. Make sure your software is HIPAA compliant before you release it.

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The Ultimate HIPAA Compliance Checklist

Arkenea

Covered entities include health insurance companies, health plans, healthcare programs by the government, healthcare providers, and healthcare clearinghouses. Business Associates (BA): These handle ePHI obtained from the covered entities, but don’t create medical data. More: HIPAA-compliant web hosting servers 4.

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