- Hospital employee indicted for fraud after swiping data of 12K (healthcareitnews.com)
A former employee at a major New York health system has been indicted, along with seven others, for stealing personal data of 12,000 patients, enabling more than $50,000 in fraud....swiping patient data and supplying it to an identity theft ring.
- New mandatory logo for selling medicines online (gov.uk)
...anybody in the UK selling medicines online to the general public needs to be registered with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency....Anybody buying medicines online can check if the website is legitimately registered and will be able to click on the logo which will take them through to a list of approved sellers.
- California Women Can Soon Go Right To The Pharmacist For Birth Control (npr.org)
"The pharmacist is really an untapped resource," But there's a big drawback for pharmacists. Now they can perform all these services once reserved for the doctor's office. But, they won't get paid for the extra time it takes to provide them. The law does not compel insurance companies,...to reimburse these services…
- Health care has the highest rate of workplace injuries—and regulators are cracking down. (advisory.com)
In response to the health care sector's high rate of workplace injuries, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expanding its oversight program for inpatient care facilities,..
