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Secret Recording of Employees Over 90 percent of Americans own a cellphone; 77 percent are smart phones that can record and upload information instantly to the internet. It is no longer a matter of “if” you will be recorded; it’s a matter of “when”. Not all recording devices are obvious; something…

What is the cost of a data breach? In their 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Report, IBM and the Ponemon Institute found that healthcare data breach costs average $408 per record, the highest of any industry for the eighth straight year. The study found that the average cost of a data breach across indu…

Preventing falls starts with you! Start by knowing the three A's of fall prevention. See the Safety Poster of the Month: The 3 A's of Fall Prevention Remember: Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility!…

Prior to using patients’ protected health information for research, individual authorizations must be obtained from patients in writing. So what does that look like? HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explains that individual authorizations must: Be written in plain language to ensure they ca…

Your safety on and off the job is important. Please pay attention to construction traffic! See the Safety Poster of the Month: Drive Safely Remember: Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility!…

It's not the size that matters... The first HIPAA settlement of 2018 has been announced by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has agreed to pay OCR $3.5 million to resolve multiple potential HIPAA violations that …

Violating HIPAA could cost you... The penalties for HIPAA violations can be severe with multi-million-dollar fines possible when violations have been allowed to persist for several years or when multiple violations of HIPAA Rules have been allowed to occur. The penalty structure for HIPAA violatio…

Early construction work has begun on Children’s Hospital and Medical Center’s new Hubbard Center for Children. This new construction project will have an impact on traffic and may affect your travel to and from Methodist. Beginning the first week in April, work in the median of West Dodge Road wil…

Alex Anthone is a registered nurse in the Surgery Department. He embodies our core values of integrity, excellence, learning, compassion, teamwork and respect in everything he does. Alex has been a Methodist employee for over six years.   “Alex treats every single patient he comes acro…

Celebrate National Patient Safety Awareness week March 12-16. Although this week celebrates our patient safety achievements and increases awareness, safe care is our focus, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, 365-days a year. Click here to learn more about events at Methodist Jennie Edmunds…