Healthcare data breaches are piling up 3 months into the year

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March 14, 2024 – As of the first week of March, 116 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2024, impacting over 13 million individuals. The most common breach types were hacking and IT incidents at healthcare systems across the United States. In the following article, HealthITSecurity highlights some of the bigger breaches reported to OCR this month. UNITE HERE In February, labor union UNITE HERE reported a data security incident that may affect the privacy of information of members of certain local unions and health funds. The organization became aware on…
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WHO report reveals gender inequalities at the root of global crisis in health and care work

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`A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes . The report outlines underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform…
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Women’s World Curling Championship: Scots suffer third straight defeat

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Speaking before their latest loss, Morrison retained hope of reaching the latter stages but admitted that the games against Denmark and Sweden were “very important”. But Madeleine Dupont’s rink was in control after scoring three at the fourth end to lead 4-1 and, when the Swiss skip also scored three at the seventh end, the Scots conceded to fall to a 9-2 defeat. It was another blow to Morrison’s hopes after losing 8-6 to Jessica Smith’s New Zealand, for whom it was their first-ever win at the world finals after losing all their games in their debut last season. The…
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Behind the creation of the iconic posters designed by Ugo Gattoni

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Ugo Gattoni on the Paris 2024 posters: “I was very honored” Roncin had the ideal candidate in mind when he came to creating the posters: Ugo Gattoni, an illustrator whose impressive resume includes working on a project titled “Bicycle” for the Olympic Games London 2012, as well as scarf designs for the famous fashion brand Hermès . The artist is known for taking inspiration from surrealism and mythology and he specializes in large, colorful, detailed pieces. “The first time Joachim contacted me was via the internet in June 2023, to ask me to create the official posters,” said Gattoni, sitting…
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UK fitness sector hits record value according to State of the Industry Report

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The UK fitness industry’s market value has reached an all-time high, despite a small drop in the number of health clubs. Figures from the annual State of UK Fitness Industry Reportpublished by the Leisure Database Company (Leisure DB) today at the Evolve conference in London, shows that market value during the 12 months to March 2023 increased by 11.5 per cent, with a rise in average monthly membership fees. Revenues were also boosted by a 3.9 per cent increase in the number of members during the 12-month period. The increases in member numbers and market value were greater in the…
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World Championships Medalist Daiya Seto Misses 400 IM Olympic QT

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2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS It was a shocker of a day for the men’s 400m IM at the Japanese Olympic Trials. First, favorite medal Tomoru Honda missed out on making the final entirely. During this morning’s heats, the 22-year-old Honda clocked a time of 4:16.97. That was well off the 4:09.98 personal best he put on the books last December to render him 10th and out of the top 8. Then, during tonight’s final, 13-time world champion Daiya Seto missed hitting the Japanese Swimming Federation (JASF)-mandated qualification time of 4:10.63 needed for Paris. 18-year-old Tomoyuki Matsushita upstaged Seto this evening.…
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Leeds United news: Don’t Go To Bed Just Yet on the win over Millwall

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It has taken 38 games but Leeds United have finally overhauled Leicester City to go top of the Championship table, after beating Millwall at Elland Road. Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix told BBC Radio Leeds’ Don’t Go To Bed Just Yet podcast it was a “professional” performance from Daniel Farke’s side: “Another win! It was nice, wasn’t it? “It was quite professional and another one where you felt a bit nervous going into it. given it was Millwall and they are on a good run. Neil Harris is back too. Saying that, I actually predicted it would be 2-0, and…
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CDC and ONC work together to strengthen public health data infrastructure

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ORLANDO – Since its inception, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has “defined physics to a certain degree,” moving both “fast and slow at the same time,” said Steve Posnack, deputy national coordinator for health IT, as he opened a thought leadership session Tuesday at HIMSS24 that featured Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control, and focused on the nexus of healthcare IT and public health. “To know what our future looks like, we have to respect and understand how much progress we’ve made over the past 20 years, which I’ve played a large…
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