Morning Headlines 12/31/21
Rhode Island attorney general reviewing RIPTA’s response to cyberattack
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority reports that thousands of medical records that were exposed in a breach were of people with no connection to RIPTA, which it blames on an insurer that sent someone else’s files.
Cybersecurity incident on Dec. 17
The president of Capital Region Medical Center (MO) warns of long ED wait times and overloaded phone lines as it recovers from a December 17 cybersecurity incident.
How telemedicine ruined a physician’s career
An anonymous physician who has done independent telehealth contracting work for 10 years says than the actions of an unnamed telehealth vendor have forced him to think about leaving medicine.
"it can no longer sustain a business model that is beset by rising costs and declining reimbursements" Too bad Walmart…