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Beacon Health System Affected by Two Business Associate Email Breaches

The HIPAA Journal

Beacon Health System, a South Bend, Indiana-based non-profit health care system, has disclosed two data breaches involving two different business associates. This incident occurred at the business associate Restorix, which provides hospitals with wound care services.

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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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Behavioral Healthcare Provider Settles HIPAA Risk Analysis Investigation for $225,000

The HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Deer Oaks – The Behavioral Health Solution for $225,000.

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June 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

The high total is largely due to a phishing incident at a business associate that affected at least 25 cancer care and oncology practices. The third largest breach of the month was reported by another business associate, Compumedics USA, Inc., The data breach affected 318,150 individuals. dba Frank D. dba Frank D.

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Developing Custom Healthcare SaaS Application: A Complete Guide

Arkenea

Make sure you sign the HIPAA-compliant Business Associate Agreement responsible for: Setting permitted uses of electronically protected health information Adding permitted disclosures of electronically protected health information Ensuring the security and privacy of confidential health information c.

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RAG in Healthcare: Your Complete Guide to Its Implementation

Arkenea

RAG systems can reduce this to minutes by: Instantly retrieving relevant studies from vast medical databases Summarizing key findings in the context of your specific research questions Identifying gaps in current research that align with your organization’s capabilities Comparing treatment outcomes across multiple studies with your patient population (..)

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HHS Updates HIPAA Rule to Enhance ePHI Security

Health Prime

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule of 1996. This update intends to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI).

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