DATE: April 10, 2026 at 01:06PM
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The leading cause of death
“Good morning.”
“Good morning, doctor.”
“How are you doing?”
“It’s probably best not to tarry. I’m parked in the metered zone. Give it to me straight, doctor. How much time do I have left?”
“Let me get the right visual aid. Ah… yes. You see this display with the time ticking down?”
“Yes.”
“That’s the time you have left.”
“Shit! That’s less than five minutes!”
“I’m very sorry.”
“I won’t even have time to put my things in order.”
“Wait, what???”
“If I’m going to die, I need to put my things in order.”
“Who said anything about you dying so soon?”
“You said my time is being counted down by this display.”
“Oh. Yes. That’s the time you have left on your parking spot. I thought that’s what you meant.”
“Oooohhhh… ha ha. So I get to live then?”
“For a while, yes.”
“Say, you’ve never told me what I have.”
“Oh, yes. You’re not going to die within the next five minutes, but you do have a terminal condition.”
“Shit… what condition?”
“You have an acute case of being alive.”
“Oh?”
“Yes, did you know that being alive is the leading cause of death, not only in this country, but everywhere on the planet?”
“So I won’t die soon?”
“No, you’ll die of ocular burnout 10 years from now.”
“Ocular burnout? What is it?”
“That’s top secret, I’m afraid. At any rate, you’ll live long enough to pay the parking ticket that will be automatically generated for you, just… about… now, according to my display.”
DATE: April 10, 2026 at 09:16AM
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The HIPAA Journal February 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report https://t.co/PWZoVtyEi9
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In February 2026, 63 data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that affected 500 or There was a 14.5% month-over-month increase in large healthcare data breaches in February, with 63 data breaches reported to OCR that affected 500 or more individuals. Across those breaches, the protected health information of more than 8 million individuals was breached, a 436% increase from January 2026.
DATE: April 10, 2026 at 09:16AM
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In February 2026, 63 data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that affected 500 or There was a 14.5% month-over-month increase in large healthcare data breaches in February, with 63 data breaches reported to OCR that affected 500 or more individuals. Across those breaches, the protected health information of more than 8 million individuals was breached, a 436% increase from January 2026.
Well, as always when a Govt. & top managers have lost trust of a public sector work-force, and fail to settle a long running industrial dispute, the next step is pretty much always the consideration of a ban on striking altogether.
So, you'll be unsurprised that NHS senior managers, after three years of on-off conflict with Resident Doctors, are asking Wes Streeting to consider a legal ban on strikes by doctors. Streeting has so far demurred but how much longer?
DATE: April 9, 2026 at 10:21PM
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Privacy Litigation Report: Takeaways From March 2026 Decisions https://t.co/tKuINJeDrC
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DATE: April 9, 2026 at 12:01PM
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OCR Releases Video on HIPAA Security Rule Risk Management Requirements https://t.co/jB8QZk9Tjl #hipaa #compliance
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Earlier this year, Paula M. Stannard, Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), provided an update on The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is expanding its risk analysis enforcement initiative to include risk management – reducing risks and vulnerabilities to ePHI to a reasonable and appropriate level. OCR has recorded a video explaining this important HIPAA requirement, along with examples of risk management violations from its investigations of data breaches.