Corporate boards have a new threat that has grown too big to ignore: cyber security. High profile data breaches are no longer an issue for those in the information technology department and those in the board room have to accept…
By Shefali Luthra | KHN.org Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them. Will it…
With personal patient data being passed between contractors, service providers and satellite offices, cybersecurity experts expect healthcare to remain a target for data thieves. In the first six months of 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services reported 146 data…
Banking on double-digit returns with no market volatility, startups are attracting investors to fund lawsuits. The platforms, such as LexShares in Boston and Trial Funder Inc. in Los Angeles, raise funding for personal-injury, civil-rights and other types of lawsuits. The companies…
A healthcare system in Illinois has agreed to pay the largest settlement by one entity for alleged violations of patient privacy law. Advocate Health Care will pay $5.55 million to the federal government for three independent data breaches involving a…
