A recent study from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that accountable care organization (ACO) care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or spending in patients with complex needs.
A recent HIPAA breach that involved transmission of PHI to only one party—a reporter—nonetheless cost a Connecticut practice $125,000, in part because the practice didn’t take simple precautions.
Vitagene Inc. stored data such as consumers' email addresses, dates of birth, and gene-based health information on a publicly accessible cloud-based database.
