Morning Headlines 11/1/16
Red Cross Blood Service data breach: personal details of 550,000 blood donors leaked
In Australia,the personal information of 550,000 blood donors is exposed after a web developer working for the Red Cross inadvertently leaves an unsecured file with the information into the Internet.
Fall 2016 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Out Now
The Leapfrog Group publishes its 2016 Hospital Safety Grades, ranking patient safety across 2,600 US hospitals.
Appeals court revives FTC’s bid to block Advocate/NorthShore merger
The FTC wins an appeal to block the merger of Illinois-based Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System.
I hear, and personally experience instances where the insurance company does not understand (or at least can explain to us…