The House of Representatives passed legislation to require hospitals and other healthcare employers to take specific steps to prevent workplace violence against staff and patients.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis will develop the nation’s first program to train healthcare professionals to help their patients reduce firearm-related injury and death.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced the publication of a voluntary standard that supports security risk management within healthcare organizations by providing standardized information on security control features integrated within medical devices.

The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin announced the Leadership in Health Care Privacy and Security Risk Management certificate program, a first-in-the-nation professional program designed to help address a critical workforce shortage issue.

University Hospital, the teaching hospital of San Antonio’s University Health Systems is a sprawling campus in the South Texas Medical Center, and one of the health system’s 23 locations across the community that needed the latest security technology.

Carle Foundation Hospital (“Carle”), three Urbana, Illinois-based hospitals, suffered a data breach due to a phishing incident. 

More than 700,000 people had their data and personally identifiable information exposed in healthcare breaches reported to the federal government in August of 2019. 

Virginia Gay Hospital based in Vinton of Iowa state has suffered a data security incident, which might have led to disclosure of personal information of 5,030 patients. 

A study by the Crisis Prevention Institute has found that the majority of occupational violence occurs in healthcare settings.