Friday, November 30, 2018

So you stayed at a Starwood hotel: Tips on data breach

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If you stayed at one of Marriott’s Starwood hotels in recent years,  hackers might have information on your address , credit card and eve...

NYC hospitals selling companies at center of captive insurance scheme

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Prominent New York City health systems are ridding themselves of an insurance company that  engaged in hidden scheme  to funnel hundreds of ...

Clinicians warn HIV prevention drug use can lead to risky behavior

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Dr. Stephen Cambalik, a family medicine physician at Jorge Prieto Health Center on Chicago’s South Side sees about 13 patients who use pre...

US Cancer Centers Accused of Misleading Advertising

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Among US cancer centers, the vast majority of the top spenders in advertising in 2017 used deceptive marketing that conveyed a false sense...

When the Government Promotes Medical Marijuana Use for Pain

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A new law in Illinois encourages patients to request marijuana as a substitute for prescribed opiates. A  recent article on Medscape  desc...

Amazon Introduces Cloud-Based Patient Data Mining Software

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), the technology and e-commerce giant’s cloud subsidiary,  has launched  Amazon Comprehend Medical, a cloud-based...

Patients Often Withhold Information From Providers

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Patients often do not disclose medically relevant information to their healthcare providers, according to results of a study  published on...