John Schieszer, MA

In a recent bulletin, the federal Office for Civil Rights suggests steps that practices can take to protect patient data.

Annual pay, growth potential, and cost of living are among the important considerations of deciding the best place to practice medicine.

How the retail giant will use the sensitive medical data it collects is among the concerns.

Criminals are compromising user login credentials of health care payment processors to divert payments from medical practices to themselves, the FBI warns.

HIPAA protects patients from unauthorized disclosure of personal information by covered entities such as medical practices and hospitals, but out from under the HIPAA umbrella, patients are mostly on their own, according to the authors of a recent report.

Clinicians need to be aware of their assumptions about patients based on age.

Older adults are especially prone to inappropriate polypharmacy because they commonly have multiple medical problems and see a variety of specialists.

Access to internet-connected devices with cameras and skill in using digital platforms present barriers to a large portion of the population.

Ransomware attacks now account for 25% of all data breaches, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report.

The agency has issued proposed draft recommendations to guide incorporation of cybersecurity protections into medical devices at the time of manufacture.

Patients rated female doctors more on their interpersonal skills and not much on their technical competence, a study found.

States are enacting legislation that would require health care providers to violate patients’ privacy rights under HIPAA.

Showing employees appreciation for their efforts is particularly important to engender their loyalty.

Diffuse myofascial pain associated with fatigue and poor sleep hygiene have been noted in patients with long-COVID.

Developing an effective case management approach should be a key component of any effort to adapt to the changing patient care environment.

Investigators found a 27% decreased risk of kidney adverse events in a study of patients with normal kidney function or mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease.

Hackers target vulnerabilities using legitimate software packages, a cybersecurity specialist says.

Contracting with outside firms to handle medical billing can be a smart financial move for some medical practices.

The pandemic has accelerated the number of clinicians retiring from practice.

Many organizations adopt overly conservative policies that restrict otherwise completely legal uses of health care data.

Physicians have been under greater stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can take steps to lower the risk of burnout.

Among other considerations, health care providers must avoid giving individual medical advice.

Bluetooth is potentially susceptible to attack because it allows different devices to communicate over the air, according to a cybersecurity expert.

Core provisions of the HIPAA legislation have largely remained unchanged since their inception despite rapid evolution of technology to keep protected health information from hackers.

Survey findings suggest many patients are likely to continue with telehealth when the pandemic ends.

Computer access to digital health information varies by race and ethnicity, a study found.

The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.