Mount Sinai St. Luke's agrees to $387k HIPAA settlement after 'careless' disclosure of HIV status – Becker's Hospital Review

27. May 2017 EHR, EMR, HIPAA 0
Healthcare IT News Mount Sinai St. Luke’s agrees to $387k HIPAA settlement after ‘careless’ disclosure of HIV statusBecker’s Hospital ReviewNew York City-based St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center will pay $387,200 and implement a corrective action plan as part of a HIPAA settlement to resolve allegations it inappropriately handled a patient’s sensitive health information. St. Luke’s …‘Careless ...

PHOTOS: VCU Medical Center delivers sextuplets, first in hospital's history – WWBT NBC12 News

27. May 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
CBS News PHOTOS: VCU Medical Center delivers sextuplets, first in hospital’s historyWWBT NBC12 NewsVCU Medical Center says they have successfully delivered the first sextuplets in the hospital’s history. A 40-person team helped deliver the three boys and three girls for Ajibola Taiwo by cesarean section. All six are doing well in the Children’s …Sextuplets delivered ...

US death rate from Alzheimer's rises dramatically over 15 years – The Boston Globe

26. May 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
The Boston Globe US death rate from Alzheimer’s rises dramatically over 15 yearsThe Boston GlobeWASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a grim report about Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. Death rates from Alzheimer’s climbed 55 percent from 1999 to 2014, CDC found, and the number of Americans …Death rate from ...