Philly Health Department Website Exposed Names of Thousands of People with Hepatitis
A public-data tool built by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to track the prevalence of hepatitis infections left individuals’ health records accessible, compromising the names, addresses, Social Security numbers,…
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Three Women Accused of Encouraging, Filming Fights at North Carolina Assisted Living Facility
Three workers at an assisted living facility were arrested after police say they encouraged the residents to fight each other and allegedly abused two elderly women with cognitive disabilities.
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New Hampshire Man Accused of Breaking into Nursing Home Garage, Crashing Stolen Truck through Door
A 54-year-old man was accused of breaking into a former gas station, which is now part of a nursing home, and then taking a truck and crashing it through the…
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Suicide Attempt Response Guide
ELDER ADULT SUICIDE HAPPENS…Elder adults age 65 and older commit or attempt suicide more often than any other segment of our population.
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Genetic Testing Company and Three Principals Agree to Pay $42.6 Million to Resolve Kickback and Medical Necessity Claims
The Justice Department announced that UTC Laboratories, Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly, M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to…
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Illinois caregiver sued after woman in hospice found riddled with maggots
The estate of a woman who died in 2018 at a private Aurora hospice is suing the facility, arguing her emaciated body was found with “paper thin skin” and riddled…
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Two Massachusetts Nursing Homes See Repeat Drug Overdoses
Worcester, MA — Looking at the website for the Parsons Hill Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Worcester, you might think the facility is just a nursing home.
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Nebraska Healthcare System Ransomware Attack Impacts 48,000 Patients
The Omaha, NE-based 14-hospital health system, CHI Health, has experienced a ransomware attack in which the protected health information of approximately 48,000 patients has potentially been compromised.
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