Author archive for Traci Miller

  • Benefits of switching from Email to FTP delivery

    Email file delivery can be stressful; the dictator needing to watch the dictation file size and the transcriptionist having to…

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  • Why GearTools – Security

    The GearTools software suite offers several security features that help keep sensitive information protected.  The dictation audio files and the…

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  • Heartbleed Bug – How Community Health Systems was hacked for 4.5 million Patients’ data

    Last week Community Health Systems (CHS), a hospital system containing a 206 hospital network, the second largest in the United…

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  • Stolen laptops lead to important HIPAA settlements (again)

    Two entities have paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to…

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  • Hospital systems supplementing revenue by selling technology

    By Mohana Ravindranath, The Washington Post For MedStar Health, a system with hospitals in the Baltimore and Washington regions, health-care…

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  • Have insurers found new ways to avoid the sick?

    Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s healthcare overhaul, but leading patient groups say…

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  • Lawsuit Filed After Doctor Lists Homosexuality as “Chronic Condition”

    A Los Angeles man is suing his doctor and a Southern California healthcare network, saying they ignored his request to…

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  • Community Health Systems says personal data stolen in cyber attack

    (Reuters) – U.S. hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc said on Monday personal data, including patient names and addresses, of…

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  • Apple prepares Healthkit rollout amid tangled regulatory web

    By Christina Farr, for Reuters.com (Reuters) – Apple Inc has been discussing how its “HealthKit” service will work with health…

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  • Dallas County gets futuristic general hospital

    DALLAS  The new Parkland Memorial Hospital is more than a sleek mass of glass and steel, towering 17 stories above…

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