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Health gadgets and apps outpace privacy protections, report finds

July 21, 2016

The federal patient privacy law known as HIPAA has not kept pace with wearable fitness trackers, mobile health apps and online patient communities, leaving a gaping hole in regulations that needs to be filled, according to a much-delayed government report released today.

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The cost of a cure: Medicare spent $4.5 billion on new Hepatitis C drugs last year

Charles Ornstein

April 6, 2015

Medicare spent $4.5 billion last year on new, pricey medications that cure the liver disease hepatitis C — more than 15 times what it spent the year before on older treatments for the disease, previously undisclosed federal data shows.

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Part of the risk assessment procedure requires you to address the negative consequences of “human error”. During this webinar, we will breakdown what factors lead to mistakes in the workplace and how to prevent them from happening.

ISHN Magazine

2019 October

Among the articles in the October 2019 issue of ISHN Magazine, we have expert insight on preventing human error, OSHA standard compliance, the latest in safety technology, and much more.

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