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Social Media Best Practices For Nurses

Diversity Nursing

Here are some best practices for Nurses using social media: Maintain Patient Confidentiality One of the most critical aspects of being a Nurse on social media is to prioritize patient confidentiality. Patient trust is of utmost importance, and maintaining their privacy and confidentiality is a fundamental part of providing quality healthcare.

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California-Based Community Hospice Responds to Worker Lawsuit

Hospice News

The health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance, and we work diligently to ensure legal, ethical, and safe practices for all our employees.” We are committed to the privacy of each of our current and prior employees.” We will remain transparent through the legal proceedings,” they noted. Community Hospice, Inc.

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Former NHPCO CEO Edo Banach to Bring ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Approach to Health Care Law at Manatt Health

Hospice News

Prior to joining the Los Angeles-based law practice, Banach was at the helm at NHPCO since 2017. During his legal career, he has advised on a variety of federal and state regulatory issues including areas in fraud and abuse, administrative appeals processes, licensures and patient privacy and consent.

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Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: How Telehealth Rules Will Change

Hospice News

Also on the immediate horizon are hospice compliance concerns related to the privacy and security of patient data as well asHIPAA rules. Forthcoming regulatory enforcement around privacy laws is an area that should be on hospices’ radars, according to Lund Person.

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Steps to prevent ransomware attacks in home care

AlayaCare

A 2021 report by HIMSS uncovered that ransomware was the second-most common vector of cybersecurity incidents in the healthcare industry, comprising 17% of all breaches. IT privacy and security breaches are costly. IBM estimates that the average cost of a ransomware attack is 4.62

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Steps to prevent ransomware attacks in home care

AlayaCare

IT privacy and security breaches are costly. It’s essential that organizations understand not only the infrastructure that they will be leveraging , but also how their provider implements a broad array of security and privacy measures to make it work for home care businesses. million USD, not including the ransom price.

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Q&A with AlayaCare’s Security and Risk Compliance Expert

AlayaCare

We recently sat down with Richard Guttman, who heads AlayaCare’s data privacy and security division, to discuss best practices in risk and compliance for home care agencies today. For the industry today, privacy and data security is a necessary focus for each and every home care provider.