Cyber
6 Reasons Medical Professionals Need to Understand Cyber Liability
As a healthcare practitioner, you’ve likely heard of cyber liability. In short, this means you may be responsible for compensating patients and others who are victimized by a security breach or similar IT-related incident from your office. And if you’re thinking that as a counselor, therapist, or social worker the chances of such an event…
Read More5 Reasons Cyber Security Insurance Is Becoming More Important Than Ever
With more businesses moving their data into the cloud, there is more emphasis on keeping data secure – both for the business and for the private data of consumers. While cyber security is a top priority for many business owners, many still overlook the need for cyber security insurance, especially new and small businesses. This…
Read MoreWhat Sort of Insurance Will Cover Physical Therapists?
If you’re considering a career as a physical therapist, you’ll be educated in everything you know to be able to fulfill your job as you help patients recover from injuries and illnesses. However, you might not learn about the kinds of insurance, like professional liability insurance, that physical therapists (PTs) need to protect themselves from…
Read MoreHelping Hesitant Patients Embrace Telehealth
Focus on Understanding and Addressing the Underlying Issues In a world that’s constantly focused on embracing technology and using it to run our lives faster and more efficiently, telehealth services seem to fit right in. Instead of spending hours driving to a doctor’s appointment and sitting in a waiting room, you can just initiate a…
Read MoreTelehealth is More Than Just Video Appointments
In recent years, there’s been a convergence between technological innovation and the healthcare industry. In their effort to transition towards a value-based care model, care providers are constantly testing and trying nascent technologies to see more patients, improve the quality of care, and reduce costs. This shifting mentality towards how to approach care was slowing…
Read MoreWhy Your Agency Needs Home Healthcare Insurance
Every healthcare professional and institution should have an insurance plan—a hospital wouldn’t open its doors without proper coverage, so why should a home health care provider walk through someone else’s doors without coverage too? While the risks posed in private home health care are different than in-patient care services, whenever you have another person’s life…
Read MoreCyber Liability and HIPAA Compliance
Every day the world becomes more digitized as we move more and more data into the cloud. All industries gain efficiency, automation and increased performance. This is especially true in healthcare where patient records have become more accessible to providers, allowing them to give us better care and improve health outcomes. We welcome the efficiency…
Read MoreWhy Hackers Love Healthcare Data
Have you ever wondered how cyber criminals choose their targets? Vulnerable entities include government websites, medical systems, financial institutions, corporations, small businesses, and individuals. To figure out the most likely victims, we need to think like hackers. Cyber criminals ask two main questions when deciding where to strike next: How easy will it be? Criminals…
Read MoreRansomware Rampant in Among Small Businesses
As if this year didn’t have enough catastrophes, here’s another record-breaker: The risk of cyberattacks in 2020 is higher than it’s ever been, with no sign of slowing. According to one report, ransomware samples have increased by 72%, vulnerabilities in mobile devices have increased by 50%, and “attacks on critical infrastructure” in businesses run rampant.…
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