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News Headlines | Solving healthcare’s unique cybersecurity risks | The risks of cyberattacks on hospitals and other healthcare settings was already high pre-pandemic, as these institutions work with sensitive data, like patient information. But attackers never let an opportunity go to waste, and they’ve already targeted the manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines—including a known attack on Pfizer. |
Lack of patient portal use could hamper COVID-19 vaccine scheduling for seniors | Hospitals that use patient portals for online scheduling should beware of relying on them too heavily for scheduling COVID-19 vaccinations, a new survey suggests. In addition, the data indicates that revenue cycle leaders should encourage this population to set up online patient portal accounts or allow them to appoint proxies to do so for them. The National Poll on Healthy Aging finds that older adults—who are among the first in line to receive their COVID-19 vaccines—often don’t have access to patient portals. |
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Newsletter Articles | Becoming a Legionella prevention expert: Get certified on ASSE 12080 | Healthcare providers can now sign up for a ASSE training course on core water pathogen competencies such as environmental testing, risk assessment, water safety and management programs, mitigation and remediation methods, construction and renovation, and case investigation. The online course takes 24 hours to complete, plus a final exam. |
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The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guidelines | Compliance with the Conditions of Participation (CoP) is required to meet Medicare and Medicaid hospital regulations. While CMS posts updates to the CoPs on its website, they are often difficult to search and lengthy, not to mention tedious to print. This is where HCPro comes in! We have taken the most recent version of CMS’ CoPs and the corresponding Interpretive Guidelines (IG) and reprinted them in an easy-to-use format to simplify your job. CMS updates the CoPs a few times a year. This new edition contains the most recent CoPs and Survey and Certification memos, which include new requirements on discharge planning, burden reduction, and antibiotic stewardship. Order now at https://hcmarketplace.com/cms-conditions-guidelines | |
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