Tag: privacy
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Feds find security flaws in Kynect; state says no data breaches; problems also found in federal exchange
State health-insurance exchanges in Kentucky, Vermont and California had “significant weaknesses” in protecting their electronic information from hackers, the Government Accountability Office said in a report last month. “These included...
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Female legislator files bill to put restrictions on erectile-dysfunction medications to make a point about men pushing abortion bills
Rep. Mary Lou Marzian Fed up with a string of anti-abortion bills backed by religious conservatives, Democratic state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian of Louisville has filed a bill that would...
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Patient portals at Leitchfield hospital are breached in cyber attack; officials say it did not involve any data in state system
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center‘s patient portals were the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, which may have breached protected patient...
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UK hospital tells 1,079 former patients that a laptop computer with their medical records was stolen in early February
The University of Kentucky reported Wednesday that personal health information of 1,079 people who had been patients at its hospital was on a laptop computer that was stolen in early...
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In wide-ranging interview, secretary says her state health cabinet is a national leader in guarding the privacy of electronic data
Despite concerns elsewhere about the privacy of personal health information, Kentucky’s top health official says her agency is one of the best in the nation at protecting and managing such...
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Northern Kentucky included in Medicaid’s pilot program to increase data about quality of health care
The Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati, which includes much of Northern Kentucky, is included as one of three regions to participate in a program designed to bolster availability of...
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Major newspapers publish reflections, reactions and details (including videos) on new law that will fight ‘pill mills’
Reflections on the new law to fight “pill mills” are in both of Kentucky’s major metropolitan newspapers today. The Courier-Journal, which rightly takes partial credit for focusing attention on the...
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This is Child Abuse Awareness Month; tips for prevention
April is child abuse awareness month, and the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is reminding Kentuckians that it’s the law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. “Protecting our children...
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Health and family cabinet continues to withhold more information in copies of child abuse records than judge allowed
The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services released three more death and near-death cases involving child abuse or neglect Friday under court order, but continued to withhold critical information. It has...