This Notice about our privacy practices states how, when, and why we use and share your PHI. We may not use or disclose any more of your PHI than is needed for the purpose of the use or disclosure, with…
The target was not a donor database or a hospital records system. Attackers reached the equipment that keeps plasma frozen. According to the EFS statement as reported, three cold-storage sites used for plasma were affected. Those sites held plasma intended…
NSW Police declared a “major” data breach on Wednesday 4 November 2026 after an attack on the NSW Health Oral Health Fee For Service Scheme website. The Nightly reports that officials insist no patient data was involved. What may have leaked is…
Medically reviewed by Dr. Abishek Shahi, Harvard-trained Physician · Last reviewed November 3, 2026 The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI applications such as Claude and ChatGPT call external tools and data sources; its documentation compares it to…
For healthcare organizations, cybersecurity efficiency is about far more than stopping attacks. It is about protecting sensitive patient information, maintaining regulatory compliance, and ensuring clinicians and staff can access the systems they depend on every day. St. Ann’s Community shows…
To cater to the range of knowledge and resources in health and safety and ergonomics, we have created three parallel collections of resources for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), called the Quick Start (General and Office), Basic and Comprehensive Guidelines.
Your clinic probably uses VoIP daily. Staff answer patient calls, return voicemails, send appointment details, and discuss billing through the same phone system. But can you confidently say your VoIP system is HIPAA-compliant? Sure, a provider might advertise encryption or…
Budget about 90 minutes of hands-on work spread across 30 days of observation. The dataset is synthetic, so no real protected health information (PHI) touches any vendor during the test. That detail matters, because most vendors will not sign a Business Associate…
The stakes are concrete. In its 2024 healthcare survey, Sophos reported that 95% of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware said cybercriminals attempted to compromise their backups during the attack. A retention policy that nobody can delete or encrypt is a sensible defense…
Australian teams also carry a second set of duties. If you disclose US patient records to an offshore processor, or you hold them in Australia on behalf of a US customer, your contracts and the Privacy Act’s cross-border disclosure rules…
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